ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,852, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Working machine" was invented by Hiroshi Horii (Osaka, Japan), Masaaki Ueda (Osaka, Japan), Yoichi Nishigori (Osaka, Japan), Kazuyuki Hatta (Osaka, Japan) and Kazuaki Syobu (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A working machine includes a machine body, a cabin on the machine body, an air conditioner body for air conditioning in the cabin, and a prime mover room to contain a prime mover on the machine body. The air conditioner body is disposed above the prime mover room."

The patent was filed on June 5, 2023, under Application No. 18/205,831.

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