US Patent Issued to Brunswick on Jan. 13 for "Outboard marine drives having splash plate" (Oklahoma, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,336, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Outboard marine drives having splash plate" was invented by Duane Harding (Stillwater, Okla.) and Daniel A. Roske (Fond du Lac, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outboard marine drive has a supporting frame, a lower unit suspended from the supporting frame, the lower unit supporting a propulsor for propelling the outboard marine drive in water, a top cowl on the supporting frame, wherein a gap is defined between a lower end portion of the top cowl and the supporting frame or the lower unit, and a splash plate on the lower unit, the splash plate being confi...