ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,324, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI K.K. (Iwata, Japan).
"Straddled vehicle" was invented by Souichirou Imazeki (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A straddled vehicle including a body frame having a head pipe, a front cover disposed in front of the head pipe and having an opening at a middle of the straddled vehicle in a width direction, a duct disposed in front of the head pipe and extending rearward from the opening to form a traveling wind pathway for traveling wind flowing from ahead and taken in through the opening, a headlight of a single light configuration, which overlaps the head pipe in a f...