ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,419, issued on July 22, was assigned to KAWASAKI MOTORS LTD. (Hyogo, Japan).
"Saddle-type vehicle" was invented by Kenta Nakamura (Lincoln, Neb.) and Seth Lansman (Lincoln, Neb.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A saddle-type vehicle includes: a handlebar extending in a vehicle width direction and including a handle grip at an end part on a vehicle outside; a hand guard disposed in front of the handle grip; and a hand guard stay that supports the hand guard with respect to the handlebar. The hand guard stay is fixed to the handlebar at a position close to the vehicle width direction center relative to the handle grip, and extends toward...