ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,766, issued on April 29, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Swiveling work machine" was invented by Teruo Kunizawa (Sakai, Japan), Kiyoshi Matsui (Sakai, Japan), Junki Ito (Sakai, Japan), Haruhito Ikeda (Sakai, Japan), Masamitsu Date (Sakai, Japan), Alessandro Cecchini (Serravalle, San Marino) and Massimo Barchi (Riofreddo di Verghereto, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A swiveling work machine includes a swivel base, a prime mover provided on the swivel base, a work device provided on the swivel base, and a support mechanism to support a fuel cylinder storing fuel for the prime mover."
The patent was filed on Sept. 28...