ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,574, issued on July 15, 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 motor to drive to a wheel, the motor being supported by the housing, a gearing including a plurality of gears, and a locking assembly including a pawl. The motor is connected to the gearing to drive the wheel. The locking assembly is operable to lock an outermost gear of the plurality of gears in a left-right direction of the electric work vehicle. The outermost gear includes a first diameter portion and a second diameter...