ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,190, issued on May 26, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Outboard marine drives having supporting frame and cowling" was invented by Andrew J. Przybyl (Berlin, Wis.), Christopher J. Luckett (Stillwater, Okla.), Robert W. Egleston (Stillwater, Okla.) and Umesh Muniswamy Sreenivasan (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outboard marine drive includes a propulsor configured to generate a thrust force in water, and a monolithic supporting frame which supports the outboard marine drive relative to the marine vessel. The monolithic supporting frame includes a body, a support leg extending downwardly from the bo...