ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,000, issued on April 21, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Work vehicle with vertically overlapping battery housings" was invented by Fuk Ho Pius Ng (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work vehicle includes a main body, at least one front wheel supported by the main body, at least one rear wheel supported by the main body, a first housing to house one or more first battery modules, and a second housing to house one or more second battery modules. The first housing at least partially overlaps the second housing, is located above the second housing in a vertical direction of the work vehicle, and extends beyo...