US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on March 24 for "Vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,307, issued on March 24, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Vehicle" was invented by Yoshitaka Nukada (Tokyo), Hitoshi Yokotani (Tokyo), Masaru Odajima (Tokyo), Kei Fukasawa (Tokyo), Yoshiyuki Sato (Tokyo) and Takashi Nakamura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a front wheel, a rear wheel, a power unit in which an internal combustion engine and a compressor are modularized, and a seat. The compressor is configured to operate on rotational power generated in the internal combustion engine. The power unit is disposed between the front wheel and the rear wheel in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, ...