US Patent Issued to Arctic Cat on July 8 for "Off-road recreational vehicle" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,027, issued on July 8, was assigned to Arctic Cat Inc. (Thief River Falls, Minn.).

"Off-road recreational vehicle" was invented by Chadwick Allen Williams (Paynesville, Minn.), Reid Dale Anderson (Maple Lake, Minn.), Thomas Robert Brausen (St. Cloud, Minn.), Brian Harris (Thief River Falls, Minn.) and Brian Eck (Bemidji, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A utility vehicle including a frame, a body supported by the frame, a seating area supported by the frame, front and rear ground engaging members supporting the frame and the body, and a powertrain drivingly coupled to the front and rear ground engaging members. The powertrain incl...