ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,241, issued on June 2, was assigned to KASSBOHRER GELANDEFAHRZEUG AG (Laupheim, Germany).
"Piste grooming vehicle" was invented by Peter Betz (Baustetten, Germany), Olivier Hargoaa (Domene, France), Michael Kuhn (Achstetten, Germany), Jens Rottmair (Siefersheim, Germany) and Jonathan Zimmermann (Burgrieden, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piste grooming vehicle having at least one piste grooming device for preparing a piste. The piste grooming vehicle has a detection device configured to detect an actual topography of a piste section, positioned in front of the piste grooming vehicle in the forward travel direction thereof, o...