ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,228, issued on June 23, was assigned to BRP US Inc..

"Marine motor assembly and method for changing lubricant in a marine motor assembly" was invented by Mike Dean Davenport (Pleasant Prairie, Wis.), Dillon Savage (Waterford, Wis.), John Valek (Burlington, Wis.) and Michael James Lavalley (West Allis, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A marine motor assembly for a watercraft includes a housing, a motor, a housing gearset, a gearcase gearset and a propulsion device. The housing includes an upper housing portion and a gearcase connected to the upper housing portion. The gearcase includes a gearcase chamber, and a gearcase fluid port ...