ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,000, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC. (Valcourt, Canada).

"Cooling and heating system for electric snowmobile" was invented by Thomas Driant (Saint-Francois-Xavier-de-Brompton, Canada), Yannick Bourque (St-Denis-de-Brompton, Canada) and Antoine Noel (Sherbrooke, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric snowmobile having: a frame having a tunnel; a seat; at least one ski; a drive track; an electric motor; a battery pack; a charger; a cooling and heating system; and a temperature sensor. The cooling and heating system has: a valve having an inlet, and first and second outlets; a heat e...