ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,012, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to KAWASAKI MOTORS LTD. (Akashi, Japan).
"Engine and exhaust structure" was invented by Keisuke Omoto (Akashi, Japan), Matthew Colombo (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Jakob Daniel Cook (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Shuichi Yonaiyama (Akashi, Japan) and Kazuki Masui (Grand Rapids, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engine includes: an engine body; an exhaust pipe through which an exhaust gas discharged from the engine body flows; and a downstream device including a downstream inlet to which the exhaust pipe is connected. The engine body includes a first cylinder, a second cylinder, a first exhaust port that c...