US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on Aug. 12 for "Vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,479, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Vehicle" was invented by Koji Inose (Tokyo) and Ryohei Kitamura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle that can secure both stable communication by an ECU including a communication unit that unlocks a handlebar lock module and theft prevention. The vehicle includes a steering shaft, a vehicle body frame including a head pipe that turnably supports the steering shaft and a seat rail that is disposed below a seat on which a rider is seated to fix the seat, and a communication unit for communicating with a smart key (a device external to the vehicle). The co...