ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,879, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Saddled vehicle" was invented by Tsuyoshi Yamada (Tokyo), Masaomi Yamada (Tokyo), Yoichi Nishida (Tokyo) and Shimpei Shikanai (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a saddled vehicle whose center stand is set up with ease in a simplified structure. A rear suspension suspending a swingarm from a vehicle body has its total length varied by the drive of an actuator. A controller that controls the actuator is provided. By the controller expanding the rear suspension to a predetermined length according to an operation on an actuation switch, the swingarm swings...