US Patent Issued to Kubota on Sept. 30 for "Work vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,802, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Work vehicle" was invented by Satoshi Takaki (Sakai, Japan) and Takahiro Usami (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work vehicle includes an arm cylinder configured to raise an arm assembly. A front plate is attached to a vehicle body frame in front of the arm cylinder. A back plate is attached to the vehicle body frame in back of the arm cylinder. A side plate is attached to the front plate and the back plate opposite to the vehicle body frame with respect to the arm cylinder. A bottom plate is attached to the vehicle body frame and the side frame belo...