ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,489, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Utility vehicle" was invented by Masashi Inoue (Sakai, Japan), Yusuke Endo (Sakai, Japan) and Noriyasu Honjo (Sakai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A utility vehicle includes a driver section configured to accommodate an occupant and an entrance door including an inner face portion facing the driver section, an outer face portion opposite to the driver section, and an opening extending from the inner face portion through to the outer face portion. The entrance door is configured to expose and block an entrance of the driver section. A lock mechanism is config...