US Patent Issued to Polaris Industries on Oct. 14 for "Throttle actuator position verification" (Minnesota, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,437, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Polaris Industries Inc. (Medina, Minn.).

"Throttle actuator position verification" was invented by Joseph D. Tharaldson (Taylors Falls, Minn.), Trevor F. Rhodes (Badger, Minn.), Peter Kern (Greenbush, Minn.), Joshua J. Mickelson (Medina, Minn.), Tyler Bentow (Roseau, Minn.), Michael A. Hedlund (Roseau, Minn.), Craig McConnell (Prineville, Ore.), Luis Felipe Sanchez (Portland, Ore.) and Scott Richard Volk (Tualatin, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A throttle actuator includes a base, a carrier and a circuit board coupled between the base and the carrier. The circuit board has a first force s...