ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,240, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to KAWASAKI MOTORS LTD. (Akashi, Japan).
"Off-road vehicle" was invented by Takahiro Jyouzaki (Akashi, Japan) and Takashi Hiraga (Akashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An off-road vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, an exhaust assembly, and a fan that sends outside air toward the exhaust assembly. A direction orthogonal to both of a first direction in which a crank shaft of the internal combustion engine extends and a second direction in which a cylinder of the internal combustion engine extends is defined as a third direction. The exhaust assembly is adjacent to the internal co...