ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,749, issued on July 28, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Electric work vehicle" was invented by Ian Wright (Fremont, Calif.), Irfan Nadiadi (Fremont, Calif.) and Revanth Bodepudi (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric work vehicle includes a frame and a battery housing supported by the frame. The battery housing includes a plurality of battery housing sections. The plurality of battery housing sections include a first battery housing section, a second battery housing section, and a third battery housing section. The first battery housing section includes a first battery housing portion and a second b...