ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,596, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI K.K. (Iwata, Japan).
"Straddled vehicle" was invented by Mitsutoshi Imamura (Shizuoka, Japan) and Tadasu Nishikura (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A straddled vehicle including a rear wheel, a first rear arm rotatably supporting the rear wheel, a vehicle body frame and a first reinforcing component. The vehicle body frame includes a head pipe, a main frame connected to the head pipe, a pivot support portion connected to the main frame, the pivot support portion including a pivot shaft swingably supporting the first rear arm and a pivot support frame supporting the...