US Patent Issued to Polaris Industries on Feb. 11 for "Connected helmet system and method of operating the same" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,225,382, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Polaris Industries Inc. (Medina, Minn.).

"Connected helmet system and method of operating the same" was invented by Scott D. Taylor (Blaine, Minn.) and Troy D. Kendrick (Minnetrista, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A programming device includes an application for programming vehicle function settings of a vehicle. The programming device has a transmitter that communicates the vehicle function settings through a vehicle receiver to a vehicle controller. The vehicle function settings cause the controller to operate the vehicle when a device identifier is received from a moveable device assoc...