US Patent Issued to Polaris Industries on Nov. 4 for "Location-based modification of two-stroke engine calibration" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,597, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Polaris Industries Inc. (Medina, Minn.).

"Location-based modification of two-stroke engine calibration" was invented by Dallas Blake (Roseau, Minn.), Darren J. Hedlund (Roseau, Minn.) and Ryan Douglas Hayes (East Grand Forks, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Recreational vehicle two-stroke engine control systems configured for location-based modification of an engine calibration may include a locator device, a throttle position sensor, and an engine speed sensor communicatively coupled to an engine control unit. The engine control unit controls a position of an exhaust valve based on a first ...