ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,486, issued on May 5, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Electric vehicle" was invented by Keisuke Nakata (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric vehicle comprises: a vehicle body frame that includes a down frame and a pivot frame, the down frame extending downward from a head pipe, the pivot frame pivotally supporting a rear wheel; a battery that is disposed in an extending manner between the down frame and the pivot frame; and a radiator that cools an electric vehicle functional part. In the electric vehicle, the battery is disposed such that a rear side of a battery bottom surface is lower than a front side of ...