ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,993, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI K.K. (Shizuoka, Japan).
"Straddled electric vehicle" was invented by Soraki Ogawa (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A straddled electric vehicle includes a wheel, an electric motor to drive the wheel, a battery to supply electric power to the electric motor, a DC charging port to receive a DC current output from a first external power source, and an AC charging port to receive an AC current output from a second external power source. A first distance between the DC charging port and the battery is smaller than a second distance between the AC charging port and the b...