ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,492, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Polaris Industries Inc. (Medina, Minn.).
"Snowmobile steering system" was invented by Jeremy Eichenberger (Warroad, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A snowmobile has a steering system with a handlebar, the system having a steering post comprising an upwardly extending yoke attached to the handlebar, a tubular post portion unitary with the yoke, the tubular post portion attachable to the snowmobile frame, and a lower steering arm at the lower end of and unitary with the tubular post portion, the lower steering arm projecting at an angle downwardly, forwardly and to the right. The steering po...