US Patent Issued to Arctic Cat on July 1 for "Air intake vibration isolation systems for vehicle engines" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,223, issued on July 1, was assigned to Arctic Cat Inc. (Thief River Falls, Minn.).

"Air intake vibration isolation systems for vehicle engines" was invented by Nenad Malinovic (Emmingen-Liptingen, Germany), Sergej Tkatschenko (Friedrichshafen, Germany) and Ralf Centmayer (Markdorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engine includes an engine body assembly and an air intake system including an air plenum. The air plenum is positioned above the engine body assembly. The engine includes an air plenum support bracket having an upper arm coupled to the air plenum and a lower arm coupled to the engine body assembly. The engine also i...