ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,560, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Ray Schoenfelder (Zumbrota, Minn.).

"Bracing or stiffening element for snowmobile suspension rail" was invented by Ray Schoenfelder (Zumbrota, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and method for internal bracing and stiffening of a suspension rail for a snowmobile with a housing for installation within a cavity of the suspension rail and having an upper surface, lower surface, and opposing side surfaces extending along a length of the housing. At least one of the upper surface and opposing side surfaces are configured to directly contact an inner surface of the suspension rail when the...