ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,927, issued on June 24, was assigned to SUZUKI MOTOR Corp. (Hamamatsu, Japan).

"Rear wheel suspension device" was invented by Takeshi Konno (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rear wheel suspension device includes: a swing arm swingably supported with respect to a vehicle body frame, the swing arm being configured to rotatably support a rear wheel; a rear cushion configured to be extended and contracted in accordance with swing of the swing arm; a cushion lever coupled to a lower end portion of the rear cushion; a cushion rod coupling the cushion lever and the swing arm; an accumulator storing a working fluid that exte...