US Patent Issued to Polaris Industries on Dec. 9 for "Managing recreational vehicles and accessories" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,828, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Polaris Industries Inc. (Medina, Minn.).

"Managing recreational vehicles and accessories" was invented by Aidan B. Shaughnessy (Wyoming, Minn.), Joshua T. Weed (Wyoming, Minn.), Adam C. Koosmann (Wyoming, Minn.), Brian D. Krosschell (Wyoming, Minn.), Austin A. Holt (Wyoming, Minn.), Benjamin S. Fuchs (Wyoming, Minn.) and Donovan L. Fredrickson (Wyoming, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle is electrically connected to one or more accessories. The vehicle includes at least one controller that may be configured to identify the accessory based on accessory identification information. The c...