ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,270, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Arctic Cat Inc. (Thief River Falls, Minn.).
"Interchangeable engine assembly" was invented by Ralf Centmayer (Markdorf, Germany) and Lars Kubrinski (Baindt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an engine assembly for a vehicle. The engine assembly comprises an engine including a cylinder head and an engine block. The engine block comprises a cylinder block and a crankcase having a crankshaft. The engine may be used in different models of the vehicle having different characteristics by interchanging or replacing the cylinder head from a plurality of cylinder h...