US Patent Issued to Brunswick on Sept. 15 for "Marine drives" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,164, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Marine drives" was invented by Timothy D. Krupp (Fond du Lac, Wis.) and Timothy J. Eddy (Oshkosh, 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 comprises an upper unit; a lower unit for supporting a propulsor for propelling the marine drive in the water, wherein the lower unit is suspended from the upper unit and is configured for attachment to the marine vessel via a mounting bracket which supports the marine drive relative to the marine vessel; a cowling suspended on the upper unit apart from...