US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on Oct. 14 for "Rear wheel locking mechanism for personal transport device" (Taiwanese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,429, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Rear wheel locking mechanism for personal transport device" was invented by Matthew B. Staal (Torrance, Calif.), Jackie P. Porchay (Torrance, Calif.), Michael Jin Kim (Long Beach, Calif.), Ming Hsein Lee (Taichung, Taiwan), Ding Jong Chou (Taichung, Taiwan) and Sheng Yu Huang (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A personal transport device convertible between a riding configuration and a stowed configuration is described. In one embodiment, a rear wheel locking mechanism for the personal transport device includes a bracket having a recess on an undersi...