ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,844, issued on April 7, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Electric work vehicle" was invented by Tatsuya Yamaguchi (Sakai, Japan), Norio Obata (Sakai, Japan), Yasuaki Morioka (Sakai, Japan) and Haruki Mitsui (Sakai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric work vehicle includes a battery, a motor to be driven by electric power supplied from the battery, a cover covering the battery, and a support portion supported by the battery. The cover is supported by the support portion and swingable about a horizontal axis relative to the support portion to enable opening and closing, and the support portion is supported by ...