US Patent Issued to VOLVO PENTA on May 26 for "Propeller arrangement in a cathodic protection system" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,774, issued on May 26, was assigned to VOLVO PENTA Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Propeller arrangement in a cathodic protection system" was invented by Viktor Raftegard (Floda, Sweden) and Johan Kallvik (Sollebrunn, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a propeller arrangement in a cathodic protection system for a marine vessel with a marine propulsion system, which cathodic protection system comprises a direct current power source with a positive terminal. The propulsion system comprises at least one driveline housing at least partially submerged in water; a torque transmitting drive shaft extending out of the...