ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,827, issued on April 7, was assigned to KAWASAKI MOTORS LTD. (Hyogo, Japan).
"Off-road vehicle" was invented by Kengo Shimatani (Akashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An off-road vehicle includes an intake duct and an air cleaner. The intake duct defines a clean conduit. The air cleaner is connected to the intake duct and includes an air cleaner case and an air cleaner element. The air cleaner case defines an internal space of the air cleaner. The air cleaner element is contained in the air cleaner case and divides the internal space into a dirty region and a clean region. The air cleaner element includes a filter. The air cle...