ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,680, issued on July 7, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Controller and control method for maneuvering a saddled vehicle" was invented by Akira Sato (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a controller and a control method appropriately improving safety of a saddled vehicle. According to the controller and the control method according to the present disclosure, a controller maneuvers a saddled vehicle and has a control section. The control section executes a distance control in which a distance between the saddled vehicle and a target vehicle is controlled based on surroun...