ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,141, issued on July 29, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).
"Marine drives having corrosion protection system with noise and vibration dampening joint" was invented by Benjamin C. Wald (Perkins, Okla.) and Duane Harding (Stillwater, Okla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for antifouling of a marine drive having a frame coupled to a propulsor housing may include a vibration dampening joint which couples the propulsor housing to the frame or an extension thereof. The vibration dampening joint may include an isolator connector assembly having an elastomeric member which is clamped between the propulsor housing and th...