ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,937, issued on March 17, was assigned to KAWASAKI MOTORS LTD. (Akashi, Japan).
"Hybrid straddle vehicle" was invented by Masaki Nishiyabu (Akashi, Japan), Ryosuke Ohori (Akashi, Japan), Takuya Noami (Akashi, Japan) and Tetsuji Yamamoto (Akashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid straddle vehicle includes: an internal combustion engine; an electric motor that generates power to be transmitted to a driving wheel; an inverter that controls electric power to be supplied to the electric motor; a first radiator that cools the internal combustion engine; and a second radiator that cools at least one cooling target selected from ...