ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,531, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).
"Marine drive lower unit having seal device" was invented by Aaron J. Novak (North Fond du Lac, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A marine drive has a supporting frame for coupling the marine drive to a marine vessel, a gearcase supporting a propulsor for propelling the marine vessel in water, an electric motor in the gearcase, the electric motor being configured to rotate the propulsor, an extension leg between the supporting frame and the gearcase, a tube in the extension leg, the tube extending between an upper end and a lower end which is coupled to the ge...