ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,103, issued on May 6, 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 rear housing, a motor to drive a rear wheel, the motor being supported by the rear housing, a hydraulic system including a hydraulic system motor to drive a hydraulic pump, and a control lever to control an operation of the hydraulic system. The rear housing houses the hydraulic system motor and the motor. The control lever is located on a first side of a center line of the electric work vehicle in a left-right direction of the electr...