ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,928, issued on April 7, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Electric work vehicle" was invented by David Kieke (Fremont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric work vehicle includes a rear housing, a motor to drive to a rear wheel through a gearing, the motor being supported by the rear housing, and a Power Take-Off (PTO) motor to drive a PTO output shaft, the PTO motor being supported by the rear housing. An axis of the motor is located above the PTO output shaft in an up-down direction of the electric work vehicle."
The patent was filed on Dec. 7, 2023, under Application No. 18/532,089.
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