ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,934, issued on March 17, was assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI K.K. (Shizuoka, Japan).
"One-occupant electric vehicle" was invented by Masanori Yoshihara (Shizuoka, Japan) and Shintaro Ohnishi (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A one-occupant electric vehicle includes a seat to allow an occupant to sit thereon, a footboard to allow the occupant to place his/her feet thereon, front wheels and at least one rear wheel, and a motor to drive at least one of the wheels. A ratio of a diameter of the front wheels to a total length of the vehicle as measured in a front-rear direction is not less than 0.26, and a front portion of the ...