ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,019, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Work vehicle" was invented by Hirokazu Ito (Sakai, Japan) and Takashi Shibata (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooling device 60 circulates and supplies a refrigerant to a first motor 21, a second motor 22, a first inverter 23, and a second inverter 24. The cooling device 60 circulates and supplies the refrigerant in such a manner that the refrigerant passes through the first inverter 23 and the second inverter 24 before passing through the first motor 21 and the second motor 22."

The patent was filed on July 11, 2024, under Application No. 18/769,92...