ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,899, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Kawasaki Motors Ltd. (Akashi, Japan).
"Vehicle" was invented by Hidefumi Yasuhara (Akashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes: a vehicle body including an opening part located in a rear part of the vehicle; a hatch supported by the vehicle body so as to be able to open and close the opening part; an under hatch component located inside the vehicle with respect to the opening part; and a rack movably supported by the vehicle body between a first position facing the under-hatch component and a second position retracted from the first position. The under-hatch component is ex...