ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,211, issued on March 18, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Hydraulic pressure control unit, brake system, and straddle-type vehicle" was invented by Kazuki Chiba (Kanagawa, Japan), Hiroaki Atsushi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Shigeki Ikeda (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic pressure control unit capable of suppressing application of an external force thereto in comparison with the related art at the time when mounted to a straddle-type vehicle is obtained.A hydraulic pressure control unit (1) includes a base body (10) that is formed with a master cylinder port (11), a wheel cylinder port (12)...