US Patent Issued to KAWASAKI MOTORS on Dec. 9 for "Vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,962, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to KAWASAKI MOTORS LTD. (Akashi, Japan).

"Vehicle" was invented by Takeshi Nakajima (Akashi, Japan), Hiroshi Ishii (Akashi, Japan), Taro Iwamoto (Akashi, Japan), Kazuya Nagasaka (Akashi, Japan) and Taichi Inaba (Akashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A leaning vehicle includes a vehicle body, a left front wheel, a right front wheel, a lean mechanism, and a suspension. The left front wheel is positioned on the first side (left side) in the vehicle width direction. The right front wheel is positioned on the second side (right side) opposite to the first side in the vehicle width direction. The l...