ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,486, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Zhejiang CFMOTO Power Co. Ltd. (Hangzhou, China).
"Straddle-type vehicle" was invented by Qianjin Li (Hangzhou, China), Zhiyong Chen (Hangzhou, China), An He (Hangzhou, China) and Ying Fang (Hangzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A straddle-type vehicle (100) includes a frame (20) and an engine (10) mounted on the frame (20). The engine (10) includes a cylinder head (11) positioned toward the rear end of the frame, and located below a saddle seat. The cylinder head faces toward the rear end of the frame, which allows the heated cylinder head of the engine and the exhaust pipe connected ...