ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,393,107, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Camera mounting structure" was invented by Satoru Kamijo (Tokyo), Kyosuke Inada (Tokyo) and Ko Hosokawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a camera mounting structure that can protect a camera attached to the front of the body from bouncing stones or the like. In a camera mounting structure applied to a saddled vehicle with a body having a front to which a camera is attached, the camera is disposed at a position on the saddled vehicle below a headlamp and above a front fender. The camera is attached to a bracket fixed to the body. A yaw rotation shaf...