US Patent Issued to Piaggio & C. on Oct. 7 for "Saddle-riding type rolling motor vehicle with a not-rolling front fairing" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,785, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Piaggio & C. S.p.A. (Pontedera, Italy).

"Saddle-riding type rolling motor vehicle with a not-rolling front fairing" was invented by Andrea Raffaelli (Pontedera, Italy) and Mario Donato Santucci (Pontedera, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A saddle-riding type motor vehicle comprises steerable and rollable front wheels, a drive rolling wheel, an articulated rolling quadrilateral connected to a frame, and a steering assembly pivotably connected to the frame to control the front wheels. A suspension assembly is interposed between the front wheels and the quadrilateral to allow a sussultatory mov...