ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,117, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Marine propulsion devices having electric motors and methods for making marine propulsion devices having electric motors" was invented by Andrew Przybyl (Berlin, Wis.), Brad Taylor (Stillwater, Okla.), Clint Szumal (Bruce Township, Mich.), William Wayne McEathron (Fond du Lac, Wis.) and Wayne M. Jaszewski (West Bend, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for making a marine propulsion device. The method includes providing a drive housing that extends between a first end and a second end, whereby drive housing has a cavity that extends inwardly from the...