US Patent Issued to NITTOKU on Sept. 15 for "Straddled vehicle" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,135, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to NITTOKU Co. LTD. (Saitama-City, Japan).

"Straddled vehicle" was invented by Akinori Hirano (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A straddled vehicle including a seat frame extending rearward and upward, a seat supported by the seat frame, a rear fender extending rearward and downward, the rear fender having a front end located further forward than a rear end of the seat frame, a tail light having a rear end thereof located further rearward than a rear end of the seat, and a radar including a transmitter that transmits radio waves, a receiver that receives the radio waves, and a casi...