ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,748, issued on July 28, 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 first motor to drive a first rear wheel, the first motor being supported by the rear housing, and a second motor to drive to a second rear wheel, the second motor being supported by the rear housing. The first motor is connected to a first gearing to drive the first rear wheel. The second motor is connected to a second gearing to drive to the second rear wheel. An outermost portion of the first gearing is located ins...