ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,709, issued on Sept. 29, 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 housing, a motor to drive a wheel, the motor being supported by the housing, a gearing including a plurality of gears, a locking assembly including a shaft, a first actuator connected to a first end of the shaft, the first actuator being structured to receive a manual operation from a user, and a second actuator connected to a second end of the shaft, the second actuator being controlled by a controller. The motor is connected to ...