US Patent Issued to Arctic Cat on July 14 for "Snow vehicle heat exchanger shield" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,503, issued on July 14, was assigned to Arctic Cat Inc. (Thief River Falls, Minn.).

"Snow vehicle heat exchanger shield" was invented by David Larry Vigen (Thief River Falls, Minn.), Benjamin Nickolas Mercure (Thief River Falls, Minn.) and Ken R. Fredrickson (Thief River Falls, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat exchanger shield for a snowmobile, the heat exchanger comprising an elongated body having a pair of opposing legs, and a pair of engagement structures, one engagement structure formed at a distal end of a corresponding one of the legs, wherein the engagement structures are structured and operable to slidingly engage ...