ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,086, issued on March 3, was assigned to KAWASAKI MOTORS LTD. (Hyogo, Japan).
"Off-road vehicle" was invented by Akihiro Fukumoto (Akashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A utility vehicle includes a front door and a rear door located in rear of the front door. A rear end portion of the front door overlaps with a front end portion of the rear door as viewed in a vehicle width direction, and is located outside in the vehicle width direction with respect to the front end portion of the rear door."
The patent was filed on Feb. 9, 2024, under Application No. 18/437,383.
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