ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,372, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Saddled vehicle" was invented by Yotaro Abe (Tokyo), Shunichi Miyagishi (Tokyo), Chikashi Iizuka (Tokyo) and Makoto Toda (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a saddled vehicle capable of optimizing distribution of a braking force between front and rear wheels at the time of deceleration during linear traveling, before entering a corner, and in a similar situation. A saddled vehicle (1) includes: a front wheel braking component (32) that applies a braking force to a front wheel (WF); and a rear wheel braking component (34) that applies a braking force ...