ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,951, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC. (Medina, Minn.).
"Winch control system" was invented by Stephen G. Crain (Wyoming, Minn.), Jeremiah T. Johnstun (Elk River, Minn.), Timothy P. Norstad (Turtle Lake, Wis.), William J. Strnad (Wyoming, Minn.), Michael G. Vrudny (Lindstrom, Minn.), Nicholas R. Arens (Brooklyn Park, Minn.), Trevor F. Rhodes (Badger, Minn.) and Michael C. Leighton (Excelsior, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A winch control system is disclosed. The winch control system may be used to control or operate a winch on a vehicle in a selected mode, such as a plow mode. The winch control system ma...