ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,216, issued on April 14, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Electric motor supporting arrangement for vehicles" was invented by David Boyd (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a motor assembly, a chassis, and an inverter. The motor assembly and the inverter are affixed to the chassis at a location where the motor assembly and the inverter are opposed to one another. The motor assembly includes an electric motor, a frame housing, and a motor bracket. The motor bracket is provided between the electric motor and the frame housing, and the electric motor is fixed to the frame housing via the moto...