ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,182, issued on April 29, was assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI K.K. (Iwata, Japan).
"Straddled vehicle" was invented by Yojiro Wakimoto (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A straddled vehicle includes a vehicle frame, a main seat, a tandem seat, an accommodation portion provided below the tandem seat, a seat lock mechanism attached to a bottom portion of the tandem seat, and a lock portion attached to the vehicle frame in a front portion of the accommodation portion. The seat lock mechanism includes: a key cylinder that has a main body having a key insertion hole, and an arm pivotable around the main body by a pivoting operatio...