US Patent Issued to Brunswick on Sept. 9 for "Stern drives having breakaway lower gearcase" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,923, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Stern drives having breakaway lower gearcase" was invented by David J. Waldvogel (Fond du Lac, Wis.), Randall J. Poirier (Fond du Lac, Wis.), John O. Scherer III (Oshkosh, Wis.), Stephen R. Collins (Fond du Lac, Wis.), Wayne M. Jaszewski (Jackson, Wis.) and Kevin M Moore (Oshkosh, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stern drive is for propelling a marine vessel in water. The stern drive has an upper drive unit with a lower mounting surface; a lower gearcase coupled to the lower mounting surface and a trailing end surface that is angled relative to the lower ...