US Patent Issued to SUZUKI MOTOR on March 25 for "Straddle-type vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,088, issued on March 25, was assigned to SUZUKI MOTOR Corp. (Hamamatsu, Japan).

"Straddle-type vehicle" was invented by Akihito Deguchi (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Makoto Satou (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a straddle-type vehicle including: a head pipe; a steering stem rotatably supported in the head pipe; a front fork; an upper bracket connecting an upper end portion of the front fork to the steering stem; a lower bracket located below the upper bracket and connecting an upper portion of the front fork to the steering stem; a front wheel supported by a lower end portion of the front fork; a front fe...