ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,278, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).
"Transom bracket assembly having vibration isolation" was invented by Wayne M. Jaszewski (West Bend, Wis.), Andrew J. Przybyl (Berlin, Wis.), Colin M. Huffer (Neenah, Wis.) and Thomas F. Nickols (Fond du Lac, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outboard marine propulsion assembly includes a marine drive having a supporting frame and a steering arm extending from the supporting frame, a transom bracket assembly, a swivel member seated in the transom bracket assembly, the swivel member being configured so that rotation of the steering arm relative to the transo...