US Patent Issued to Arctic Cat on Sept. 15 for "Driven shaft bearing hubs for snowmobiles" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,145, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Arctic Cat Inc. (Thief River Falls, Minn.).

"Driven shaft bearing hubs for snowmobiles" was invented by Guy L. Sibilleau (Roseau, Minn.), Christian Ressler (Thief River Falls, Minn.) and Samuel James Sandoz (Thief River Falls, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing hub is positioned within a drivetrain assembly of a snowmobile. The bearing hub includes a body and a bearing sleeve that is coupled to the body. The body has an upper connection rigidly coupled to the chassis of the snowmobile, an aft connection rigidly coupled to the chassis of the snowmobile, a lower connection rigidly c...