US Patent Issued to BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS on Sept. 1 for "Snowmobile having a continuously variable transmission" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,741, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC. (Valcourt, Canada).

"Snowmobile having a continuously variable transmission" was invented by Sebastien Vezina (Sherbrooke, Canada), Anne-Marie Dion (Granby, Canada), Emilien Demers (Racine, Canada), Nicolas Bedard (Granby, Canada), Felix Labonte (Roxton Pond, Canada), Jean-Sebastien Pard (Tingwick, Canada), Rene Lemieux (Granby, Canada) and Xavier-Pierre Aitcin (St-Hyacinthe, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A snowmobile includes: a frame including a tunnel; a rear suspension assembly connected to the frame and disposed beneath the tunnel; an endless t...