ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,865, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC. (Valcourt, Canada) and SOUCY INTERNATIONAL INC. (Drummondville, Canada).

"Track assembly for a vehicle" was invented by Raphael Couture (Sherbrooke, Canada), Yan Roger (Drummondville, Canada), Stephane Pelletier (Drummondville, Canada), Patrick L'Herault (St-Majorique de Grantham, Canada), Jeremie Aubin-Marchand (St-Hugues, Canada) and Charles Roy (Orford, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A track assembly for a vehicle has a frame; a drive wheel rotatably mounted to the frame; an idler wheel mount pivotally connected to the frame, the idler wheel mount...