ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,918, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY Co. LTD. (Hiroshima, Japan).

"Electric work machine" was invented by Nobuhiro Koga (Hiroshima, Japan), Kazuki Tamiya (Hiroshima, Japan) and Nobuya Sakaguchi (Hiroshima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an electric work machine powerable by an external power supply through a power supply cable. The electric work machine includes a machine body including an electric motor, a power receiving device supplied with power through the power feed cable, connection wires extending from the power receiving device, a power feed cable connected to the machine b...