US Patent Issued to Brunswick on June 30 for "Gearcases for marine drives and methods of making gearcases for marine drives having reduced noise output" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,345, issued on June 30, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Gearcases for marine drives and methods of making gearcases for marine drives having reduced noise output" was invented by Joshua S. Smith (Mayville, Wis.), Jeffrey Chiang (Oshkosh, Wis.), Theodore J. Hanes (Fond du Lac, Wis.), Brett Bielefeld (Oshkosh, Wis.) and David A. Kobilic (Oakfield, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gearcase for a marine drive, the gearcase having a housing made of a first material, a driveshaft extending into the housing, a propulsor shaft extending from the housing, a gearset rotationally coupling the driveshaft to the propulsor s...