US Patent Issued to VOLVO PENTA on Feb. 24 for "Marine propulsion system and marine vessel comprising a marine propulsion system" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,202, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to VOLVO PENTA Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Marine propulsion system and marine vessel comprising a marine propulsion system" was invented by Johan Tell (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Lars Johansson (Savedalen, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A marine propulsion system includes wings with a hydrofoil shaped geometry arranged for mounting on opposite side sections of a vessel comprising at least one hull adjacent the transom. Each wing includes a first section extending downwards along the side of the hull and at least partially below the waterline in its operative position. Each wing includes a se...