ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,522, issued on May 12, was assigned to Yanmar Holdings Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Work machine" was invented by Jun Terashima (Fukuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work machine includes a battery pack, a first vent provided at a rear end of a machine body, a fan located between the first vent and the battery pack, a second vent located in front of and above the battery pack, and an electric motor rotated by electric power from the battery pack."

The patent was filed on Feb. 6, 2023, under Application No. 18/106,457.

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