ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,827, issued on March 31, was assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI K.K. (Iwata, Japan).

"Handlebar assembly and straddled vehicle" was invented by Hiroshi Takimoto (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handlebar assembly including: an upper bracket rotatable with a steering shaft; a handlebar extending in a left-right direction; a handle holder supporting the handlebar and including: a pair of handlebar supporting sections positioned respectively on left and right sides of the steering shaft, a main body positioned away from the handlebar supporting sections in an up-down direction view, and a pair of connecting arm sections conn...