ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,516, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Kawasaki Motors LTD. (Akashi, Japan).
"Off-road vehicle" was invented by Minoru Kobayashi (Akashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An off-road vehicle includes: a mainframe that supports a motor; a front wheel; a rear wheel; a front drive shaft that transfers rotation of the motor to the front wheel; and a rear drive shaft that transfers rotation of the motor to the rear wheel. The mainframe includes a bottom frame that extends in a fore-aft direction. The bottom frame includes an intermediate portion that is located between the front wheel and the rear wheel, a front portion that extends ...