ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,735, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Work vehicle" was invented by Kohei Ono (Sakai, Japan) and Takashi Nagayama (Sakai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work vehicle includes travel devices; a battery; a motor; an inverter configured to operate the motor; an operation section including a steering wheel configured to operate the travel devices, and an operator seat; a transmission case housing a transmission for travel; and a transmission shaft, wherein the motor is between a front travel device and a rear travel device in a side view and below the steering wheel, and the motor, the transmission s...