US Patent Issued to DEERE & Co. on April 14 for "Electric work vehicle with power conserving work component subsystem preconditioning" (Iowa Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,148, issued on April 14, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Electric work vehicle with power conserving work component subsystem preconditioning" was invented by Thomas L. Kennedy (Bettendorf, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric work vehicle includes an electric power source; an electric motor; a work component powered by the electric power source during the power-consuming state; a work component subsystem operating the work component and powered by the electric power source; a thermal management system including a thermal device for affecting the temperature range of the work component subsystem; and a co...