US Patent Issued to Arctic Cat on May 5 for "Rear steer knuckles for off-road vehicles" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,461, issued on May 5, was assigned to Arctic Cat Inc. (Thief River Falls, Minn.).

"Rear steer knuckles for off-road vehicles" was invented by Brent Thomas Gilge (Thief River Falls, Minn.) and Todd Ethan MacDonald (Balderson, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering and suspension system for an off-road vehicle includes a steering rack assembly and a tie rod, the inboard end of the tie rod coupled to the steering rack assembly. The steering and suspension system includes a knuckle having a top side defining an upper control arm connector arm and an aft side defining a tie rod connector arm, the tie rod connector arm having a dis...