US Patent Issued to Brunswick on Oct. 27 for "Marine drives having backflow preventative valve device" (Wisconsin, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,072, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Marine drives having backflow preventative valve device" was invented by Daniel A. Roske (Milford, N.H.), Daniel J. Guse (West Bend, Wis.), Andrew C. Gunderson (Fond du Lac, Wis.), Brett Bielefeld (Fond du Lac, Wis.) and David A. Kobilic (Oakfield, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A marine drive is for propelling a marine vessel in water, the marine drive having a housing configured to support a propulsor for generating a thrust force in the water, an outlet configured to discharge air, exhaust and/or other gas(es) to ventilate the water proximate the propul...