US Patent Issued to PUNCH TORINO on July 14 for "Hybrid propulsion system for a pleasure boat" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,521, issued on July 14, was assigned to PUNCH TORINO S.P.A. (Turin, Italy).

"Hybrid propulsion system for a pleasure boat" was invented by Antonino Conti (Turin, Italy), Riccardo Rossi (Turin, Italy), Mirco Brero (Turin, Italy), Franco Oberti (Turin, Italy) and Massimiliano Melis (Turin, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid propulsion system for a pleasure boat provided with a control system of the hybrid propulsion system and of the position of the boat, the hybrid propulsion system further comprising an internal combustion engine and an electric motor/generator operating in an integrated manner and according to two operati...