US Patent Issued to Brunswick on Feb. 3 for "Marine drives having hydraulically actuated steerable gearcase" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,952, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Marine drives having hydraulically actuated steerable gearcase" was invented by John A. Groeschel (Theresa, Wis.) and Ryan A. Fergus (Neenah, 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 drive assembly configured to support a propulsor for generating a thrust force in water, the drive assembly comprising a driveshaft housing and a gearcase suspended from the driveshaft housing, wherein the drive assembly is trimmable relative to the marine vessel about a trim joint, a steering actuator configured to ...