ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,951, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Electric work vehicle" was invented by David Kieke (Fremont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric work vehicle includes a housing, a first motor connected to a first gearing to drive a first wheel, the first motor being supported by the housing, a second motor to a second gearing to drive a second wheel, the second motor being supported by the housing, a first shift rod to shift the first gearing between a first position of the first gearing and a second position of the first gearing, a second shift rod to shift the second gearing between a first positio...