US Patent Issued to KAWASAKI MOTORS on Sept. 29 for "Utility vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,809, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to KAWASAKI MOTORS LTD. (Hyogo, Japan).

"Utility vehicle" was invented by Jumpei Tokuda (Akashi, Japan) and Takahiro Jyouzaki (Akashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A utility vehicle including an engine, an exhaust pipe connected to the engine and through which exhaust gas from the engine is discharged, a heat generating component that generates heat during driving of the engine, and an air guide that guides outside air from the heat generating component toward the exhaust pipe. The air guide includes an intake opening that is arranged facing the heat generating component and through whic...