US Patent Issued to Steering Solutions IP Holding on July 21 for "Integrated thruster apparatus for a marine vessel" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,478, issued on July 21, was assigned to Steering Solutions IP Holding Corp. (Saginaw, Mich.).

"Integrated thruster apparatus for a marine vessel" was invented by John E. Weber (Pinconning, Mich.), Rodney M. Sanderson (Midland, Mich.), Christopher R. Douglas (Saginaw, Mich.), Andrew E. Maschke (Birch Run, Mich.) and Philogene F. Rousseau (Freeland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thruster system for a marine vessel includes an electric motor having an output shaft. The thruster system also includes a housing having a first housing opening and a second housing opening, the first housing opening defining a water intake, the secon...