ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,145, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Saddle-ride vehicle" was invented by Yohei Yamauchi (Tokyo), Hirokazu Kanetani (Tokyo) and Kenta Bando (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A saddle-ride vehicle comprising a swing arm which supports a rear wheel, a cushion which is coupled between a vehicle body frame and the swing arm, and a main stand which supports a vehicle body, and in the saddle-ride vehicle, an eccentric cam mechanism and an actuator which drives the eccentric cam mechanism are disposed in a coupling part between the vehicle body frame and the cushion, and after the main stand is brought ...