US Patent Issued to Brunswick on Nov. 4 for "Marine drives having noise and vibration isolating joint" (Oklahoma, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,625, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Marine drives having noise and vibration isolating joint" was invented by Benjamin C. Wald (Stillwater, Okla.), David J. Waldvogel (Fond du Lac, Wis.) and Andrew S. Waisanen (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 in a body of water. The marine drive has a motor housing, the motor housing having a first housing portion and a second housing portion which together define a motor cavity; an electric motor nested in the first housing portion, the electric motor being configured to cause rotation of an output ...