ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,851, issued on April 22, was assigned to Kawasaki Motors Ltd. (Akashi, Japan).
"Off-road vehicle and vehicle control method" was invented by Taisuke Morita (Akashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an off-road vehicle including: a travel mechanism that includes a travel motor, wheels including a front wheel and a rear wheel, and a power transmission mechanism transmitting rotation from the travel motor to the wheels, the power transmission mechanism including a CVT belt and a transfer box switchable between a front and rear wheel drive mode and a rear wheel drive mode; a sensor that detects a travel condition caused by...