US Patent Issued to Arctic Cat on June 17 for "Snowmobile" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,743, issued on June 17, was assigned to Arctic Cat Inc. (Thief River Falls, Minn.).

"Snowmobile" was invented by David L. Vigen (Thief River Falls, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a snowmobile including a chassis, a tunnel, an engine, a drive track and a drivetrain. The tunnel is attached to the chassis and includes running boards located on either side of the tunnel. The engine is attached to the chassis and within an engine bay. The drivetrain is operatively connected to the engine to deliver propulsive power to the drive track, wherein the running boards extend forward alongside ...