ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,156, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Zhejiang CFMOTO Power Co. Ltd. (Hangzhou, China).
"All-terrain vehicle" was invented by Longping Luo (Hangzhou, China), Wanru Liu (Hangzhou, China), Mei Zhong (Hangzhou, China), Jianyong Wang (Hangzhou, China) and Zhipeng Lin (Hangzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An all-terrain vehicle includes a frame; four wheels; a suspension system; and a prime mover assembly. The frame includes auxiliary main beams which extend upwardly from a mid-height of one of the mid-rear pillars in a front tube section, and then angles from 120 to 170deg to a longitudinal portion welded along its length to ...