US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on July 22 for "Handlebar assembly for a motor vehicle, and motor vehicle having a handlebar assembly of this kind" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,415, issued on July 22, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Handlebar assembly for a motor vehicle, and motor vehicle having a handlebar assembly of this kind" was invented by Harry Schmidt (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handlebar assembly for a vehicle comprising at least one handlebar pipe extending along an axis and having a receiving portion with a circular cross-section. At least one stop means is fixed relative to the receiving portion. At least one shifting means is slidable via an opening therein onto the receiving portion, and can be arranged so as to rest, rotatably about the handlebar axis, aga...