Keith W Peppel

6796395, Sep 28, 2004

Sep 6, 2002

10/236607

Norman O. Berg - Roseau MN
Keith W. Peppel - Roseau MN

Polaris Industries Inc. - Medina MN

B62M 2702

180190, 180186

A snowmobile providing an enhanced riding experience is disclosed. A snowmobile in accordance with the present invention may include a frame defining a tunnel and a track rotatably supported by the frame. The snowmobile may also include an engine connected to the frame and operatively coupled to the track by a drivetrain. A seat may be fixed to the frame for receiving a rider of the snowmobile. A pair of handle bars may be rotatably coupled to the frame and adapted to receive the hands of the rider. A pair of floor boards may be fixed to the frame and adapted to receive the feet of the rider. In some embodiments, the floor boards include toe stops which intersect the floor boards at an intersection.

6880660, Apr 19, 2005

Jun 9, 2004

10/864856

Norman O. Berg - Roseau MN, US
Keith W. Peppel - Roseau MN, US
Edwin M. Monsrud - Roseau MN, US

Polaris Industries Inc. - Medina MN

B62M027/02

180190, 180186

A snowmobile comprising a frame defining a tunnel and a track rotatably supported by the frame is disclosed. An engine is connected to the frame and operatively coupled to the track by a drivetrain. The engine has a front side extending in a first direction from a cylinder bore axis of the engine and a back side extending in a second direction from the cylinder bore axis. Air enters a cylinder bore of the engine from the front side of the engine. Exhaust gases exit from the front side of the engine.

7059440, Jun 13, 2006

Mar 11, 2005

11/077785

Norman O. Berg - Roseau MN, US
Keith W. Peppel - Roseau MN, US
Edwin M. Monsrud - Roseau MN, US

Polaris Industries Inc. - Medina MN

B62M 27/02

180190, 180186

A snowmobile including a frame, drive track, and an engine. The engine extends in a first direction from a cylinder bore axis of the engine and a back side extends in a second direction from the cylinder bore axis. Air may enter a cylinder bore of the engine from the front side and exhaust gases may exit the engine from the front side.

7090229, Aug 15, 2006

Jul 6, 2004

10/885496

Edwin A. Monsrud - Roseau MN, US
Robert W. Przekwas - Roseau MN, US
Arlyn T. Saagge - Roseau MN, US
Keith W. Peppel - Roseau MN, US

Polaris Industries Inc. - Medina MN

A63C 5/044

280 28

An anti-darting ski for snowmobiles, the ski including a longitudinally extending runner with a central keel. A generally flat wear strip with two skags is attached to the bottom of the keel. The wear strip is contoured to match the bottom surface of the keel. The skags are laterally spaced beneath the wear strip such that their inside surfaces do not extend towards each other. The skags and wear strip may be mounted flush with the outside edges of the keel. The skags may also be located asymmetrically about a longitudinal center point of the ski. The dual skag system acts to minimize darting of the snowmobile in the snow.

7147074, Dec 12, 2006

Feb 18, 2004

10/782506

Norman O. Berg - Roseau MN, US
Keith W. Peppel - Roseau MN, US
Edwin M. Monsrud - Roseau MN, US

Polaris Industries Inc. - Medina MN

B62M 27/02

180190, 180186

A snowmobile including a chassis, shell, and an engine. The shell may be fixed to a front portion of the chassis and extend away from the chassis in a forward direction. The shell may be disposed forward of the steering axis. The shell may define a chamber that fluidly communicates with the engine via a flexible coupling interposed between the shell and the engine.

7401674, Jul 22, 2008

Sep 18, 2006

11/522571

Norman O Berg - Roseau MN, US
Keith W Peppel - Roseau MN, US
Edwin M Monsrud - Roseau MN, US

Polaris Industries Inc. - Medina MN

B62M 27/02

180190, 180186

A snowmobile includes a seat having a rear end with a rear end face. The rear end face is inclined upwardly and rearwardly from an upper surface of a tunnel of a frame so that a cavity is defined beneath the seat between the inclined rear end face of the seat and the upper surface of the tunnel.

20040118979, Jun 24, 2004

Dec 19, 2002

10/324713

Ramon Moro - Gilbert AZ, US
Norman Berg - Roseau MN, US
Keith Peppel - Roseau MN, US
Richard Bates Jr - Badger MN, US
Edwin Monsrud - Roseau MN, US

GOODRICH CORPORATION - Charlotte NC

B64D001/08
B64C001/22

244/137200

An inflatable evacuation slide is presented that includes an aerodynamic spoiler to kill the lift caused by air flowing laterally over the slide. The slide preferably comprises a fabric sliding surface stretched between two longitudinal main side members. The spoiler comprises a fabric panel, supported by a plurality of fabric gussets, that extends outward from each of the main side members. When the main side member of the slide is exposed to a lateral wind load, the spoiler creates a flow separation that kills the lift generated by the airflow. By killing the lift induced by the airflow over the top of the inflatable evacuation slide, zero or negative lift is generated by the airflow over the inflatable evacuation slide, which causes the slide to deploy downward firmly contacting the ground even in high wind conditions.

20130240272, Sep 19, 2013

Mar 13, 2013

13/802474

Jeffrey D. Bennett - Roseau MN, US
Louis J. Brady - Wyoming MN, US
Eric J. Borud - Roseau MN, US
David J. Koenig - Wyoming MN, US
Keith W. Peppel - Roseau MN, US
James A. Holroyd - Stillwater MN, US
Aaron J. Nysse - Stacy MN, US
David W. Jubie - Roseau MN, US

POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC. - MEDINA MN

B60B 9/00

180 541, 152 1

A non-pneumatic tire is disclosed where a resilient wheel is mounted on a rim and the wheel has an inner ring, an outer ring and a plurality of flexible webs interconnected between the inner and outer rings. The flexible webs define openings in through the resilient wheel. The stiffness of the inner wheel at a position adjacent to the inner face is different than the stiffness of the inner wheel at a position adjacent to the outer face. This stiffness difference can be accomplished by providing inflated membranes in at least some of the openings or by molding the wheel with an asymmetric parting line. In addition, the wheels could be dynamically controlled by providing magnetically actuable membranes in some of the openings.