ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,569, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI K.K. (Iwata, Japan).

"Control system for straddled electric vehicle and straddled electric vehicle" was invented by Shidehiko Miyashiro (Shizuoka, Japan) and Yoshinori Matsuoka (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system for a straddled vehicle including an electric motor for driving the straddled vehicle, the electric motor being configured to generate a drive force and a regenerative brake force. The control system includes: a first operating member for controlling the drive force of the electric motor, a second operating member for reducing either the driv...