ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,992, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Saddle-type vehicle" was invented by Chikashi Iizuka (Tokyo), Yosuke Wada (Tokyo) and Kineo Tomura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This saddle-type vehicle includes a warning vibration generator (205) that generates a predetermined vibration to issue a warning to a driver, the warning vibration generator (205) includes a warning selection unit (210) that selects a predetermined warning in accordance with a strength of driving assist control, and, in accordance with the warning selected by the warning selection unit (210), the warning vibration generator (205) ...