Joseph-Armand Bombardier: First snow vehicle
First snow vehicle — Model T engine and propeller on tandem sleds; later the tracked snowmobile.
First snow vehicle — Model T engine and propeller on tandem sleds; later the tracked snowmobile.
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IP note
Canadian Patent 367,104 (1937) for the sprocket-and-track drive; later US 3,023,824; Bombardier Inc.; Ski-Doo trademark 1959.
Recognition
Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame; National Inventors Hall of Fame 2024.
What this means for a student inventor in India
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Sources
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