ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,135, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Cart" was invented by Ritsuya Oshima (Saitama, Japan), Hiroshi Iwakami (Saitama, Japan), Makoto Hasegawa (Saitama, Japan), Hiroshi Gomi (Saitama, Japan), Noriyuki Ishida (Saitama, Japan) and Shinichiro Kobashi (Saitama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cart includes a vehicle body, at least one omnidirectional wheel provided at the vehicle body and configured to move the vehicle body in all directions along a floor, a drive unit configured to drive the omnidirectional wheel, a handle provided at the vehicle body and configured to accept an operation by a use...