US Patent Issued to Brunswick on July 1 for "Marine drives having accessible cowling interior and protective cover" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,362, issued on July 1, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Marine drives having accessible cowling interior and protective cover" was invented by Stephen R. Collins (Fond du Lac, Wis.), Matthew Z. Seta (Fond Du Lac, Wis.), Wayne M. Jaszewski (West Bend, Wis.), Andrew J. Przybyl (Berlin, Wis.), Tyler J. Nackers (Oshkosh, Wis.), John A. Groeschel (Theresa, Wis.) and Wayne T. Terry (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, an electric motor that powers the propulsor, a battery ...