ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,006, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Electric work vehicle" was invented by Ian Wright (Fremont, Calif.) and Roatchanatam Anattasakul (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric work vehicle includes a battery housing including a first battery housing portion and a second battery housing portion, and an air cooling system. The battery housing includes a gap located between the first battery housing portion and the second battery housing portion, the air cooling system includes a first evaporator and a second evaporator, and the gap is fluidly connected to each of the first evaporator a...