ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,186, issued on July 1, was assigned to KAWASAKI MOTORS LTD. (Hyogo, Japan).

"Exhaust structure for engine" was invented by Kunal Shamsundar Koyande (Pune, India), Hisatoyo Arima (Hyogo, Japan), Kozo Suzuki (Hyogo, Japan), Yasuhiko Kanatake (Hyogo, Japan), Hiroshi Kato (Hyogo, Japan), Akio Fujiki (Hyogo, Japan), Tomoyuki Takeshita (Hyogo, Japan) and Kazuki Aizawa (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exhaust structure for an engine includes: a catalyst converter configured to purify exhaust gas of the engine; a catalyst pipe in which the catalyst converter is accommodated; and a lead-out pipe configured to lead the exhaust ga...