ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,259, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).
"Tank device for a motorcycle, and luggage system for a motorcycle" was invented by Eva Baptist (Haigerloch, Germany), Jean-Thomas Mayer (Munich) and Rainer Wamser (Emmering, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tank device for a motorcycle includes a fuel tank, a tank cap which can expose and close a tank filling opening of the fuel tank, and a fastening device. The fastening device has at least two fastening elements which are mounted in a positionally fixed manner on the fuel tank and by which a tank bag can be fastened to the tank device exclusively...