US Patent Issued to KAWASAKI MOTORS on June 30 for "Vehicle" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,214, issued on June 30, was assigned to KAWASAKI MOTORS LTD. (Akashi, Japan).

"Vehicle" was invented by Yusuke Nakashima (Akashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes: an accelerator pedal 3 rotatably supported by a vehicle body 1; a brake pedal 4 located at left of the accelerator pedal 3 and rotatably supported by the vehicle body 1; and a lock 7 that restrains the brake pedal 4 in a state where the brake pedal 4 is rotated to a parking position. The lock 7 is coupled to the accelerator pedal 3 through a link 2, and when the accelerator pedal 3 rotates from an initial position, releases restraint of the brake ped...