ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,714, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Work vehicle with dust intrusion prevention mechanism" was invented by Satoshi Takaki (Sakai, Japan), Takahiro Usami (Sakai, Japan), Junichi Murakami (Sakai, Japan), Taketo Kimura (Sakai, Japan) and Kosuke Hattori (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work vehicle includes a cab frame and a vehicle body frame having a vehicle body front portion and a vehicle body rear portion. The vehicle body rear portion includes an upper support frame, and a first support base provided on the upper support frame in a height direction. The first support base supports the...