ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,260, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to SUZUKI MOTOR Corp. (Hamamatsu, Japan).

"Cowling structure" was invented by Tatsuki Ishii (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cowling structure for a straddle-type vehicle. The cowling structure includes a front cowling covering a vehicle front portion from a front side, and a pair of side cowlings covering the vehicle front portion from lateral sides. The pair of side cowlings each include an outer cowling forming an outer surface of the side cowling, and an inner cowling forming an inner surface of the side cowling. The inner cowling is formed with a ventilation hole through whi...