US Patent Issued to Zhejiang CFMOTO Power on Oct. 20 for "Side-by-side utility vehicle" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,942, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Zhejiang CFMOTO Power Co. Ltd. (Hangzhou, China).

"Side-by-side utility vehicle" was invented by Haifeng Liang (Hangzhou, China), Yibin Yang (Hangzhou, China), Kaimin Xu (Hangzhou, China), Meng Chen (Hangzhou, China), Zhiyong Chen (Hangzhou, China), Pengfei Zou (Hangzhou, China) and Ying Fang (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A side-by-side utility vehicle includes a frame, a cockpit, a prime mover assembly having an engine, a transmission assembly, and a gear shift assembly, and an intake and exhaust system having a combustion air intake manifold and a combustion exhaust manifold...