US Patent Issued to Brunswick on April 21 for "Stern drives and methods of installing stern drives" (Wisconsin, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,289, issued on April 21, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Stern drives and methods of installing stern drives" was invented by Andrew S. Waisanen (Fond du Lac, Wis.), David J. Belter (Oshkosh, Wis.), John A. Groeschel (Theresa, Wis.), Samuel B. Dix (Calumet, Mich.) and Steve Mattson (Houghton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stern drive for a marine vessel, the stern drive having a drive assembly configured to generate a thrust force in water, a powerhead configured to power the drive assembly, and a mounting assembly configured to couple the drive assembly to the transom outside of the marine vessel and to s...