US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on June 3 for "Handlebar arrangement having an ignition steering lock for a tilting vehicle" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,380, issued on June 3, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Handlebar arrangement having an ignition steering lock for a tilting vehicle" was invented by Claudio De Martino (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handlebar arrangement for a vehicle is provided, having a fork bridge, an ignition steering lock and a retention member or holder to which the ignition steering lock is fastened. The retention member is fixed on the fork bridge by fasteners, wherein elastic decoupling elements for shock and/or vibration decoupling are arranged between the fork bridge and the retention member."

The patent was filed on Feb. ...