ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,927, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to ISEKI & Co. LTD. (Matsuyama, Japan).
"Electric work vehicle drive arrangement" was invented by Taro Tsunashima (Tobe-cho, Japan), Ryutaro Masuda (Tobe-cho, Japan) and Yusuke Baba (Tobe-cho, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hood in which a predetermined space is formed is provided in a front portion of a traveling vehicle body, a control portion on which an operator rides is provided on a rear side of the hood, a first electric motor configured to drive rear wheels and a second electric motor configured to drive a work machine are provided on a lower rear side of a control seat of the contro...