ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,548, issued on March 24, was assigned to Polaris Industries Inc. (Medina, Minn.).

"Continuously variable transmission" was invented by Morgan I. Burgett (Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas), Jonathon P. Graus (Stacy, Minn.), Matthew L. Gross (Lino Lakes, Minn.), Zacharey J. Hussong (Roseville, Minn.), Hans-Rudolf Jenni (Grasswil, Switzerland), Maverick J. Klotz (Omro, Wis.), Beat R. Kohler (Kirchberg, Switzerland), Amery D. Kuhl (North Branch, Minn.), Stephen L. Nelson (Osceola, Wis.), Jeffrey I. Peterman (Stacy, Minn.), Andrew C. Schleif (Stacy, Minn.), Dylan T. Truskolaski (Stacy, Minn.), Evan R. Wozniak (Coon Rapids, Minn.) and Ronald Zurbruegg (Spiez, Switzerland).

According to the abst...