US Patent Issued to Polaris Industries on June 30 for "Managing recreational vehicles and accessories" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,200, issued on June 30, was assigned to Polaris Industries Inc. (Medina, Minn.).

"Managing recreational vehicles and accessories" was invented by Joshua T. Weed (Wyoming, Minn.), Aidan B. Shaughnessy (Wyoming, Minn.) and Brian D. Krosschell (Wyoming, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle is electrically connected to one or more accessories. The vehicle includes at least one controller that may be configured to identify the accessory based on accessory identification information. The controller may also be configured to provide one or more commands to control an operation of the accessory."

The patent was filed on May 29, 20...