US Patent Issued to Brunswick on Nov. 25 for "Copilot devices and locking mechanisms for marine drives" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,552, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Copilot devices and locking mechanisms for marine drives" was invented by Aaron J. Novak (North Fond du Lac, Wis.) and Jeremy J. Kraus (Mt. Calvary, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for removably supporting a marine drive on a marine vessel. The apparatus has a transom bracket assembly having a swivel cylinder, a steering bracket assembly having a swivel tube disposed in and steerable relative to the swivel cylinder, and a locking mechanism configured to retain the swivel tube in the swivel cylinder. A return spring has a spring force sufficient...