ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,994, issued on July 8, was assigned to KAWASAKI MOTORS LTD. (Hyogo, Japan).
"Suspension and off-road vehicle" was invented by Tatsuya Hatanaka (Akashi, Japan) and Takashi Hisamura (Akashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suspension 4 includes a suspension arm 41 that couples a knuckle 3 to a vehicle body frame 1, and a shock absorber 42 that is attached to the suspension arm 41. The suspension arm 41 includes a lower arm 5 and an upper arm 6 located higher than the lower arm 5. The upper arm 6 has a front arm 61 and a rear arm 62 located at the rear with respect to the front arm 61. A lower end 42a of the shock absorber 42 is a...