US Patent Issued to POLARIS INDUSTRIES on Sept. 22 for "Continuously variable transmission" (Minnesota, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,495, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC. (Medina, Minn.).

"Continuously variable transmission" was invented by Stephen L. Nelson (Osceola, Wis.), Amery D. Kuhl (North Branch, Minn.), Narender Bejawada (Maple Grove, Minn.), Bruce E. Herrala (Monticello, Minn.), David J. Hicke (Chisago City, Minn.) and Ryan A. Tholen (Saint Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A continuously variable transmission for a vehicle includes a drive clutch, a driven clutch operably coupled to the drive clutch, and a belt extending between the drive and driven clutches. The continuously variable transmission also includes an inn...