ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,096, issued on March 25, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Saddle-ride vehicle" was invented by Tomohiro Suzuki (Tokyo) and Masayuki Hiramaru (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A saddle-ride vehicle includes a chain slider. The chain slider is integrally provided with an upper slider portion, a lower slider portion, and a vertical connection portion, while the chain slider has an open loop shape in which a front end portion of the upper slider portion and a front end portion of the lower slider portion are formed to be separable from each other. A swingarm has an engagement projection that is provided in a front port...