ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,252, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to KAWASAKI MOTORS LTD. (Hyogo, Japan).
"Storage and off-road vehicle" was invented by Kenta Takada (Akashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage 3 of a utility vehicle 100 includes a storage body 4 in a vehicle body 10, the storage body 4 including a housing space 40; a lid 5 opening or closing the housing space 40; a supporter 6 supporting the lid 5 such that the lid 5 is rotatable relative to the storage body 4; and a spring 7 biasing the lid in a direction in which the lid 5 closes the housing space 40."
The patent was filed on June 28, 2022, under Application No. 17/851,090.
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