ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,888, issued on July 29, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Electric work vehicle" was invented by Daisuke Miyazaki (Sakai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric work vehicle includes a work implement, a battery, a motor driven by electric power supplied by the battery, a traveler driven by the motor, a hydraulic pump that is driven by the motor to supply oil to an operating mechanism of the work implement, a transmission to transmit motive power from the motor to the hydraulic pump, and a case that houses the transmission. The case is coupled to the motor, and the hydraulic pump is supported by the case."
The p...