ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,537, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC. (Valcourt, Canada).

"Electric vehicle with an electric motor mounted to a swing arm" was invented by Jerome Demers (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Bruno Cyr (Shefford, Canada), Christopher Gauthier (Sherbrooke, Canada) and Jonathan Fortier (Lawrenceville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric vehicle has: a frame having a pair of frame members; a front ground-engaging member operatively connected to the frame; a swing arm pivotally connected to the pair of frame members; a rear ground-engaging member operatively connected to the swing arm; an electric moto...