ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,542, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Moving object" was invented by Michihito Okado (Wako, Japan), Victor Alcahud Guim (Wako, Japan) and Takao Kanki (Wako, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A moving object includes a passenger cabin. The passenger cabin is defined by a first side wall and a second side wall. The first side wall is formed with a doorway through which passengers can enter and exit the passenger cabin. The moving object further includes a first seat disposed between a center line LA and the second side wall so as to face forward, the center line extending in a region between the firs...