US Patent Issued to Navico Group Americas on Oct. 6 for "Detachable control module for a marine device" (New Zealander, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,900, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Navico Group Americas LLC (Menomonee Falls, Wis.).

"Detachable control module for a marine device" was invented by Spencer David Buchanan (Auckland, New Zealand), Paul Robert Bailey (Auckland, New Zealand), Aaron J. Burton (Jenks, Okla.) and Samuel B. Carlisle (Caledonia, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A user input system for controlling operation of a marine device. The user input system having a foot pedal assembly and a detachable control module that can be removably attached to the foot pedal assembly or function independently. The foot pedal assembly and detachable control module are c...