ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,766, issued on July 28, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Work vehicle with multiple battery support sections" was invented by Hiroki Bessho (Sakai, Japan) and Shotaro Ikemoto (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work vehicle includes a driver section 4 including a seat 6 and disposed in a side view between a front travel device 1 and a rear travel device 2; a first battery support section 31 under the seat 6, a first battery 41 is mountable in the first battery support section 31; and a second battery support section 32 between the driver section 4 and the rear travel device 2 in a side view, a second battery 4...