US Patent Issued to Brunswick on June 23 for "Extension joint for a marine drive" (Missouri, Texas, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,224, issued on June 23, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Extension joint for a marine drive" was invented by Luke Mirly (Rolla, Mo.), Thomas F. Nickols (Brownsville, Texas), Andrew T. O'Neill (Fond du Lac, Wis.) and Brennen David (Rolla, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An extension joint device for a marine drive comprises a first cylinder and a second cylinder which is telescopically extendable and retractable relative to the first cylinder to adjust a length of the extension joint. Together, the first and second cylinders define a sealed cylindrical cavity which is extended and retracted upon extension and retra...