ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,462, issued on May 5, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Motorcycle" was invented by Yasushi Fujimoto (Tokyo), Yoshiaki Tsukada (Tokyo) and Takashi Ozeki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motorcycle that inhibits damage to a transmission and a clutch. The motorcycle includes: a drive motor; a transmission; a clutch that connects or disconnects power transmission between the transmission and the drive motor; a mechanical oil pump that is driven by the drive motor to supply a coolant to the drive motor and the transmission; and a control portion that drives the drive motor to supply the coolant to the drive motor and th...