ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,074, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Electric work machine with a system and method of conserving power" was invented by David J. Myers (Cedar Falls, Iowa), Thomas M. Johnson (Cedar Falls, Iowa), Aaron J. Fischer (Fargo, N.D.), Timothy J. Kilworth (Waverly, Iowa), Brent A. Smith (Peosta, Iowa), Daniel Woelk (Frankenthal, Germany), Scott J. Petersen (Bettendorf, Iowa), Mansi S. Shah (Oak Brook, Ill.), Benjamin J. Ahrens (Hawley, Minn.) and Beau Hackney (Holly Springs, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work machine comprises of a cab, a battery, an auxiliary operations system, a cab occupant sens...