ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,555, issued on April 8, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Saddle-ride vehicle" was invented by Masayuki Hiramaru (Tokyo), Tomohiro Suzuki (Tokyo) and Hiroshi Okamura (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The saddle-ride vehicle includes a tubular distance collar that is disposed between a one-side pivot portion and an other-side pivot portion and through which a pivot shaft is passed, the one-side pivot portion is provided with a tubular one-side collar member through which the pivot shaft is passed, the other-side pivot portion is provided with a tubular other-side collar member through which the pivot shaft is passed, ...