US Patent Issued to Kubota on May 19 for "Work vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,011, issued on May 19, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Work vehicle" was invented by Daisuke Miyazaki (Sakai, Japan), Makoto Imaizumi (Sakai, Japan) and Yasuaki Morioka (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work vehicle includes a gear case in which lubricating oil is stored, and a transmission case positioned rearward of the gear case and in which lubricating oil is stored. The work vehicle also includes a communication passage to allow lubricating oil to flow back and forth between the gear case and the transmission case. A rear port, which is in communication with an interior of the transmission case and is f...