ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,742, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Electric vehicle" was invented by Shigeyuki Seko (Los Banos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric vehicle including a storage compartment adapted to store a saddle riding vehicle having an engine and a generator adapted to be selectively coupled to the engine to produce electric power. The electric vehicle includes at least one electric motor, at least one rechargeable battery electrically coupled to the at least one electric motor, and at least one charging port to facilitate a charging of the at least one battery. The electric vehicle also includes...