ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,471, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Polaris Industries Inc. (Medina, Minn.).
"Rear suspension assembly for a snowmobile" was invented by Michael A. Hedlund (Roseau, Minn.), Matthew J. Prusak (Salol, Minn.), Joseph P. Wood (Forest Lake, Minn.), Corey D. Omdahl (Roseau, Minn.) and Jeremy R. Eichenberger (Warroad, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A snowmobile extends along a longitudinal axis and includes a frame, a powertrain coupled to the frame and a track operatively coupled to the powertrain, the track having an upper run and a lower run. The snowmobile includes a rear suspension having at least one slide rail having a hyfa...