US Patent Issued to Brunswick on May 12 for "Service door and latching assembly for cowls on marine propulsion devices" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,765, issued on May 12, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Service door and latching assembly for cowls on marine propulsion devices" was invented by Bradley R. Stafford (Omro, Wis.), Devan R. Faust (Fond du Lac, Wis.) and Steven J. Amerling (Fond du Lac, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cowling may be configured for an outboard marine drive. The cowling may include a top cowl defining a cowling interior, a service door on the top cowl, and a latching mechanism. The service door may be pivotable into and between an open position providing access to the cowling interior and a closed position enclosing the cowling int...