ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,504, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).
"Marine drives having supporting frame and cowling" was invented by Wayne M. Jaszewski (West Bend, Wis.), Andrew J. Przybyl (Berlin, Wis.), John A. Groeschel (Theresa, Wis.), Christopher J. Luckett (Stillwater, Okla.), Keith W. Schmidt (Stillwater, Okla.) and Stephen R. Collins (Fond du Lac, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A marine drive is for propelling a marine vessel. The marine drive has a propulsor configured to generate a thrust force in a body of water; a battery that powers the propulsor; and a supporting frame which supports the marine drive relati...