US Patent Issued to Polaris Industries on May 26 for "Vehicle airborne state detection and suspension and CVT compensation" (American, Swiss, Russian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,925, issued on May 26, was assigned to Polaris Industries Inc. (Medina, Minn.).

"Vehicle airborne state detection and suspension and CVT compensation" was invented by Beat R. Kohler (Kirchberg, Switzerland), Urs Wenger (Rumisberg, Switzerland), Peter J. Erasmus (Saratov, Russia), Stephen L. Nelson (Osceola, Wis.), Brian D. Krosschell (North Branch, Minn.) and Jeffrey I. Peterman (Stacy, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recreational vehicle includes a chassis supported by ground engaging members and a drive train with a continuously variable transmission. A suspension is coupled between the chassis and the ground engaging members...