US Patent Issued to Schaeffler Technologies on Nov. 3 for "Electric actuator for a marine steering system" (South Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,384, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Electric actuator for a marine steering system" was invented by Craig Hooker (Indian Land, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A marine steering system includes a marine propulsion unit, a steering tiller having a first end and a second end opposite the first end and being pivotably coupled to the marine propulsion unit proximate the second end, and an electric actuator. The electric actuator includes an output shaft, a motor that drives rotation of the output shaft about an axis, and a driven assembly pivotably coupled with the stee...