US Patent Issued to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI on April 21 for "Watercraft maneuvering system, and watercraft including the watercraft maneuvering system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,284, issued on April 21, was assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI K.K. (Shizuoka, Japan).

"Watercraft maneuvering system, and watercraft including the watercraft maneuvering system" was invented by Naoju Takano (Shizuoka, Japan) and Makoto Ito (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A watercraft maneuvering system includes a watercraft maneuvering input on a watercraft operable by an operator of the watercraft so as to command generation of a propulsive force, a controller on the watercraft and configured or programmed to control operation of a propulsion system of the watercraft according to the operation of the watercraft maneuver...