ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,052, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to SUZUKI MOTOR Corp. (Hamamatsu, Japan).

"Cowling structure" was invented by Yuki Shimizu (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Shunichi Tsujimura (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 cowling covering a lamp unit. A front surface of the cowling has an opening through which a lens surface of the lamp unit is exposed to a front side. A lower surface of the cowling has an opening area through which a lower surface of the lamp unit is exposed to a lower side."

The patent was filed on Dec. 27, 2023, under Application No. 1...