ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,981, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to KAWASAKI MOTORS LTD. (Japan).
"Pannier and vehicle including the same" was invented by Hiroshi Tamura (Akashi, Japan), Takeshi Kashihara (Akashi, Japan), Kiyotaka Akagi (Akashi, Japan), Yuki Kanemitsu (Akashi, Japan) and Jaume Xicola Serrano (Mollet del Valle, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pannier includes: a casing body; a lid; an attaching-detaching holder which removably attaches the casing body to the vehicle; an opening-closing holder which attaches the lid in an openable and closeable manner; a cylinder which serves to lock both of the attaching-detaching holder and the opening-c...