US Patent Issued to Brunswick on Feb. 4 for "Outboard motors having side and rear laydown capability" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,852, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Outboard motors having side and rear laydown capability" was invented by Todd D. Dannenberg (Fond du Lac, Wis.), Matthew Z. Seta (Fond Du Lac, Wis.) and Stephen R. Collins (Fond du Lac, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outboard motor has a cowling, a gearcase, a midsection located axially between the cowling and the gearcase, a steering arm extending forwardly from the midsection, and an anti-ventilation plate between the midsection and the gearcase. A wing extends laterally from the steering arm. The wing, a lateral side of the cowling, and a lateral side ...