ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,828, issued on April 22, was assigned to Zhejiang CFMoto Power Co. Ltd. (Hangzhou, China).
"Off-road vehicle" was invented by Ying Fang (Hangzhou, China) and Guiming Shu (Hangzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An off-road vehicle includes a frame, a plurality of wheels, a prime mover assembly with an engine, and a drive train having front and rear differentials. The engine body defines a cylinder axis which slants upwardly and rearwardly, with a cylinder head mid-point defined where the cylinder axis intersects an exterior surface of the cylinder head. A cylinder front line running within the longitudinal mid-plane between the...