US Patent Issued to Kubota on Sept. 23 for "Work vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,875, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Work vehicle" was invented by Yuji Hirase (Osaka, Japan), Sumio Yagyu (Osaka, Japan), Kazuto Okazaki (Osaka, Japan) and Tsunehiro Il (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work vehicle includes: a travel device supporting a body; a battery; a motor configured to supply motive power to the travel device; an inverter configured to enable the motor to operate; a cabin supported by the body and housing a driving section that includes a driver seat; and an air conditioner configured to condition air inside the cabin. The inverter is inside the cabin."

The pat...