ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,878, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Polaris Industries Inc. (Medina, Minn.).

"Systems and methods of adjustable suspensions for off-road recreational vehicles" was invented by Michael A. Hedlund (Roseau, Minn.), Trevor F. Rhodes (Badger, Minn.), Jonathon P. Graus (Stacy, Minn.), Kyle W. Olson (Coon Rapids, Minn.) and Justin T. Anderson (Stacy, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A damping control system is provided for an off-road recreational vehicles having a suspension located between a ground engaging member and a vehicle frame and including at least one adjustable shock absorber having an adjustable damping characteristic b...