ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,713,997, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Yanmar Holdings Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Work vehicle" was invented by Yuki Sakaguchi (Okayama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary work vehicle includes: a steering wheel; an automatic steering mechanism that enables an automatic steering of the steering wheel; and a heat supply unit so provided as to supply heat to the automatic steering mechanism."

The patent was filed on July 5, 2023, under Application No. 18/218,536.

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