ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,387, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Marine drives and marine vessels having cooling systems" was invented by Chetan A. Dharmadhikari (Brookfield, Wis.), Robert Dreyer (Appleton, Wis.), Brennan J. Kelly (Urbana, Ill.) and David J. Waldvogel (Fond du Lac, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A marine drive for propelling a marine vessel in water. The marine drive includes a casing configured to be coupled to the marine vessel, where the casing is positionable in the water. A propulsor is supported by the casing and is configured to generate a thrust force in the water. A power system is configured to ...