US Patent Issued to POLARIS INDUSTRIES on May 12 for "Thruster control for a boat" (Minnesota, Tennessee, California, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,766, issued on May 12, was assigned to POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC. (Medina, Minn.).

"Thruster control for a boat" was invented by James J. Endrizzi (Plymouth, Minn.), Jacob L. Stock (Dellwood, Minn.), Austin R. Bartz (Forest Lake, Minn.), Michael J. Fuchs (Blaine, Minn.), Erik W. Rogers (Cadillac, Mich.), Michael T. Yobe (Knoxville, Tenn.), Joseph P. Nuxoll (San Jose, Calif.), Kevin P. Blair (Forest Lake, Minn.) and John E. Kraus (Forest Lake, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for thruster system control for a pontoon boat or other watercraft. A thruster system may comprise a plurality of thrusters used to control movement o...