ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,191, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI K.K. (Iwata, Japan).
"Vehicle" was invented by Masahiro Yoshida (Shizuoka, Japan), Kensuke Kamada (Shizuoka, Japan) and Tatsuya Tanaka (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle, including: a body frame; a saddle-style seat provided on the body frame; a pair of front wheels provided at a front portion of the body frame; a pair of rear wheels provided at a rear portion of the body frame; an engine provided in the body frame and including a crank shaft extending in a width direction of the vehicle; and a footrest provided at the body frame and including a first ste...