ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,047, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to KAWASAKI MOTORS LTD. (Hyogo, Japan).
"Straddle type vehicle" was invented by Shigeki Yamamoto (Akashi, Japan), Aya Noguchi (Akashi, Japan) and Chihiro Noda (Akashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a straddle type vehicle including: an engine; a fuel tank configured to store fuel to be supplied to the engine; a power generator driven by the engine; a regulator disposed below the fuel tank and configured to adjust electric power supplied from the power generator to a battery; and a regulator cover that includes a side wall covering the regulator on an outer side in a vehicl...