US Patent Issued to Prinoth, Prinoth on Dec. 2 for "Tracked vehicle arrangement including main vehicle and trailer" (Canadian, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,977, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Prinoth Ltd. (St. John, Canada) and Prinoth AG (Sterzing, Italy).

"Tracked vehicle arrangement including main vehicle and trailer" was invented by Eric Steben (St. John, Canada), Patrick Hebert (St. John, Canada) and Alberto Paoletti (Sterzing, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new tracked vehicle arrangement with a main vehicle and a trailer, where each of the main vehicle and the trailer have a track assembly on either side, and the tracks of the trailer are driven by the prime mover of the main vehicle. In the longitudinal direction of the main vehicle, only a small fraction (less than 25...