Polaris Industries Inc.

Mcmillan Electric Company

Stephen G Crain

Joseph D Tharaldson

Amber Patricia Malone

Markus Hoffet

Joel M Notaro

Peter Erasmus

Trevor F Rhodes

Josh J Leonard

Dallas J Blake

Chad A Dale

David F Buehler

Lawrence J Hosaluk

Matthew D Reeves

Brad W Teubner

Russ G Olsen

Joshua J Stevens

Aaron David Deckard

John Callahan

David J Koenig

Jonathon P Graus

Brian R Gillingham

Darren J Hedlund

James H Buchwitz

Bradley Robert Morisch

Keith A Hollman

Richard Raymond Maki

Adam C Koosmann

William C Fisher

Beat Rene Kohler

Amery D Kuhl

Daniel S Weber

Michael C Leighton

Derek D Zimney

Gary L Gustafson

Daren W Herman

Christopher G Wolf

Kim A Weckert

Nick S Levin

Jeremiah Travis Johnstun

Todd L Frostad

Kurt E Stenberg

Kevin P Blair

Bryce A Holm

Timothy P Norstad

Yassin M Kelay

James A Barczak

Vincent Hall

Ricky Jaeger

Boris Rubanovich

Travis J Saari

Philippe Gasdia

Beat R Kohler

Stacey E Stewart

Ronnie R Danielson

Oliver J Young

Michael G Vrudny

Cory A Wimpfheimer

Marcel Frei

Andreas H Bilek

Christopher A Barnett

Bruce A St Yves

Jacob A Frank

William J Strnad

Nicholas R Arens

Derek Zimney

Nicholas A M Hartung

Gary L Gustafon

Jonathan P Oakden-Graus

Dennis P Sabourin

Travis N Theiss

Garrett J Hebbard

Jeremy S Lyons

Peter J Erasmus

John W Callahan

Adam C Koosman

Jonathon Oakden-Graus

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 may include or receive input from selected sensors relative to the vehicle to assist in control and operation of the winch.

Winch control system

Systems and methods for starting and restarting an engine of a vehicle are disclosed. Power systems for an engine are disclosed.

Systems and methods for engine start

A vehicle shown herein is a side by side utility vehicle having frame configured to effectively transfer various loads throughout the frame as whole. The vehicle may further or alternatively include a routing tray configured to retain various fluid lines of the vehicle, a transmission including a passive duct acoustical attenuation device, a door seal configured to allow the frame to contact the seal at an angle, a modular door actuating mechanism, and/or a modular skid plate.

Off-road vehicle

A direct-current (DC) power generation system for a vehicle, a boosting shunt regulator, and a method of regulating the output of an AC generator with the boosting shunt regulator are provided. The boosting shunt regulator includes gated power switches electrically coupled between AC generator contacts and output contacts. A shunt operates the power switches at duty cycles selected to boost the AC voltages output by the AC generator.

Low loss shunt regulator

A power generation system is provided including a power boost regulator operative to provide load matched voltage operation of an AC power source.

Power boost regulator

A system for starting an engine of a vehicle has a fuel injector injecting fuel into a closed intake port to form an air fuel mixture. The system also includes an actuator rotating a crankshaft in a first direction to open the intake port by moving a piston within a cylinder coupled to the crankshaft. A combustion chamber defines between the cylinder and the port receiving the air fuel mixture through the intake port. The actuator rotates the crankshaft in a second direction to close the intake port. A spark plug ignites the air fuel mixture to start the engine. The engine also includes many other disclosed features.

Battery key, starter and improved crank

A generator to generate electrical power from rotational motion and a method of making the generator. The generator includes a rotor including a plurality of magnetic poles; and a stator including a magnetic core comprising a body and teeth extending radially from the body and defining a plurality of slots therebetween. The stator also includes a first three-phase winding and a second three-phase winding, each of the first three-phase winding and the second three phase winding including first, second, and third phase windings comprised of coils individually wound around each of the teeth. At least two coils of each of the first, second, and third phase windings of the first three-phase winding and the second three phase winding are individually wound on teeth positioned next to each other.

Voltage generator and a method of making a voltage generator

Vehicles including a plurality of front and rear ground engaging members, a front driveline operatively coupled to a first power source, a rear driveline operatively coupled to a second power source, at least one controller operatively coupled to the first drive system and the second drive system are disclosed. The vehicles may further include a torque request input adapted to be actuatable by an operator of the vehicle. The torque request input may provide an indication of a requested torque to the at least one controller. The at least one controller may, based on the requested torque, command a first output of the first drive system to the at least one front ground engaging member and a second output of the second drive system to the at least one rear ground engaging member. Vehicle drive control systems are also disclosed. Methods of controlling torque and battery management are also disclosed.

Systems and methods for control of two independent powertrains in a vehicle

An interactive system for use in connection with recreational vehicle usage includes a server system, including an off-road trail database containing trail data, trail condition information, and points-of-interest information, as well as a trip mapping system accessible by any of a plurality of riders, allowing a rider to create a route based on the data in the off-road trip database. The server system further includes a trail maintenance interface accessible by users affiliated with an authorized group to edit the trail data, trail condition information, and points-of-interest information associated with the authorized group. The server system includes a location data management system configured to receive location data, allowing a rider to publish location information to one or more other riders, and a user feedback interface configured to receive trip data from riders for publication, including information describing an actual route and user data associated with that route.

Recreational vehicle interactive telemetry, mapping, and trip planning system

A utility vehicle is disclosed having an electric drive. The drivetrain is comprised of batteries, a motor, a transaxle driven by the motor, a rear differential driven by the transaxle, and a prop shaft which is driven by the transaxle and drives a front differential. The batteries are provided in two groups and are supported on the frame of the vehicle.

Electric vehicle

A utility vehicle is disclosed having an electric drive. The drivetrain is comprised of batteries, a motor, a transaxle driven by the motor, a rear differential driven by the transaxle, and a prop shaft which is driven by the transaxle and drives a front differential. The batteries are provided in two groups and are supported on the frame of the vehicle. An on-board range extender is provided to charge the batteries and/or to provide power to the motor.

Electric vehicle with range extender

An electric generator rotor having one or more permanent magnets coupled thereon. The permanent magnets provide a constant magnetic field in the rotor at all times, therein minimizing the effect of rotor residual magnetism on the start-up characteristics of the electric generator. The type and placement of the one or more permanent magnets on the rotor and/or magnetic field confinement techniques may be utilized to control spatial distribution of magnetic field within the rotor.

Permanent magnet arrangement for generator rotor

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Wyoming, MN, United States of America

Stephen G Crain