ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,955, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to KAWASAKI MOTORS LTD. (Hyogo, Japan).
"Utility vehicle and shift device for vehicle" was invented by Kazuho Matsumoto (Akashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A utility vehicle includes a forward-reverse shift device capable of switching a driving force transmission path selectively between forward engagement and reverse engagement. A forward-reverse shift device includes: a switching member by which the driving force transmission path is switched between the forward engagement and the reverse engagement; a pressure actuator that uses pressure energy supplied from a pressure source to move ...