On December 15, 2022, the World Intellectual Property Organization published an international patent application filed by Piaggio in June, 2022. The drawings depict a Piaggio MP3 with a front fairing that stays straight up-and-down as a rider pushes the vehicle through corners. On the present MP3s that you can buy in dealerships in 2023, that fairing tilts into corners along with the rest of the three-wheeler as you ride it.
The official title of the patent application is the fairly descriptive “Saddle-Riding Type Rolling Motor Vehicle with a Not-Rolling Front Fairing,” which appears to do exactly what it says on the tin. Although the drawing depicts an MP3, Piaggio’s language in the written portion of the application suggests that this invention could be utilized on either three- or four-wheeled vehicles where there are two steering wheels up front and at least one drive wheel in the rear.
