US Patent Issued to Brunswick on May 12 for "Gearcase assemblies for marine drives having combination filling/draining devices" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,763, issued on May 12, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Gearcase assemblies for marine drives having combination filling/draining devices" was invented by Brad J. VanRuiswyk (Waupun, Wis.) and Steven D. Draves (Fond du Lac, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gearcase assembly for a marine drive has a torpedo housing having a cavity for containing lubricant, a passage configured for filling and draining of the lubricant to and from the cavity, a first bore and a second bore which connect the passage to opposite sides of the cavity, respectively, and a combination filling/draining device having a filling configuratio...