ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,969, issued on June 16, was assigned to POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC. (Medina, Minn.).
"Adaptive light for a watercraft" was invented by Benoit J. Renaud (Elkhart, Ind.), Jacob Dewire (Bristol, Ind.) and Kevin G. Mierzwa (Sylvan Lake, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting system for a watercraft includes a level sensor generating a level signal corresponding to a level of the watercraft. The system also includes a light source. The system also includes a plurality of elements optically coupled to the light source. The system also includes a controller coupled to the level sensor and the light source, said controller controlling t...