US Patent Issued to ZF Marine Propulsion Systems Miramar, ZF Padova, Gator Tail on May 27 for "Outboard motor transmission with coaxial input and output shafts" (American, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,059, issued on May 27, was assigned to ZF Marine Propulsion Systems Miramar LLC (Miramar, Fla.), ZF Padova S.r.l. (Casselle di Selvazzano, Italy) and Gator Tail LLC (Loreauville, La.).

"Outboard motor transmission with coaxial input and output shafts" was invented by Keith Stanley (Coral Springs, Fla.), Drew Orvieto (Plantation, Fla.), David Friedenberg (Plantation, Fla.), Andrea Pellegrinetti (Malcesine, Italy), Mattia Caracristi (Isera, Italy), Michele Zottele (Trento, Italy), Kyle Broussard (New Iberia, La.) and Blaine Broussard (Loreauville, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gearcase for a marine propulsion system has an input...