ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,218, issued on April 14, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Travel vehicle" was invented by Kentaro Sugimura (Wako, Japan), Shoichi Rinzaki (Wako, Japan) and Yoshikazu Sato (Wako, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A racing kart that is a travel vehicle includes a car body equipped with a seat on which a user can be seated; and a plurality of wheels which are provided to the car body. The seat is configured such that a seating face thereof is positioned lower than the top of the wheels. The car body is provided with a battery housing which is for storing a battery therein and is disposed at the rear of the seat and at ...