MUMBAI, India, April 20 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202514079933 A) filed by Honda Motor Co. Ltd., Tokyo, on Aug. 22, 2025, for 'clutch control device and saddle riding vehicle.'

Inventor(s) include Masazumi Naito; Kenichi Nakano; Junya Ono; Daichi Ishii; and Keigo Yoneda.

The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "To ensure a space for user's legs, and increase the degree of flexibility in installation of a clutch control device. [Solution] A clutch control device includes: a release shaft 60 that actuates a clutch device 51; a clutch lever shaft 81 to which manual operation is input; and...