ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,505, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to BRP Marine US Inc..
"Watercraft with an electric motor" was invented by George Broughton (Wadsworth, Ill.), James Macier (Beach Park, Ill.) and Anthony Lavigna (Beach Park, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A watercraft including a hull including a bottom surface, a channel being defined by the bottom surface; a deck disposed above the hull; a battery disposed in a rear portion of the watercraft below the deck; an electric motor disposed in a forward portion of the watercraft, the electric motor being disposed above the bottom surface of the hull and below the deck, the electric motor being e...