US Patent Issued to Arctic Cat on Nov. 3 for "Integrated engine mount" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,356, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Arctic Cat Inc. (Thief River Falls, Minn.).

"Integrated engine mount" was invented by Benjamin Taylor Langaas (Thief River Falls, Minn.), Jacob Tyler Crosby (Oklee, Minn.), Ira L. Johnson (Thief River Falls, Minn.), Jeremy J. Mammen (Thief River Falls, Minn.) and Derek Sorenson (Thief River Falls, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments include a snowmobile comprising a frame and an engine, the engine including a crankcase mounted to the frame with a crankshaft axis of rotation positioned perpendicular to a longitudinal centerline of the frame. The crankcase includes a cast lower surface...