ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,604, issued on July 15, was assigned to SUZUKI MOTOR Corp. (Hamamatsu, Japan).
"Engine" was invented by Shinichi Yamada (Hamamatsu, Japan), Yuki Ryu (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Shogo Kousaka (Hamamatsu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engine for a straddle-type vehicle. The straddle-type vehicle is to be mounted on a vehicle frame in which a down frame extends downward from a head pipe. The engine includes a cylinder head having an exhaust port formed thereon, an exhaust pipe connected to the exhaust port of the cylinder head, and an exhaust gas sensor attached to the exhaust pipe. The exhaust pipe extends downward passing through...