Patents by Inventor Jeffery A. Brant

Jeffery A. Brant has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Marine propulsion drive-by-wire control system with shared isolated bus
    Patent number: 7941253
    Abstract: A marine propulsion drive-by-wire control system controls multiple marine engines, each one or more PCMs, propulsion control modules for controlling engine functions which may include steering or vessel vectoring. A helm has multiple ECUs, electronic control units, for controlling the multiple marine engines. A CAN, controller area network, bus connects the ECUs and PCMs with multiple PCM and ECU buses. The ECU buses are connected through respective isolation circuits isolating the respective ECU bus from spurious signals in another ECU bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventor: Jeffery A. Brant