ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,055, issued on March 18, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Electric scooter mounted on motorcycle" was invented by Shigeyuki Seko (Campbell, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motorcycle may include a step operating mechanism including a base member, a pivot member, a pivot shaft, and a locking mechanism. The base member may be supported by a first portion of a frame member. The pivot member may extend from the base member in a motorcycle width direction. The pivot member may pivot along a straight line orthogonal to the pivot shaft and may be configured to be received by a docking cavity of an associated electric ...