ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,740, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Electric work vehicle" was invented by Kazuto Okazaki (Sakai, Japan), Shinichi Kawabata (Sakai, Japan), Daisuke Miyazaki (Sakai, Japan) and Naoto Mantoku (Sakai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric work vehicle includes a first removable cover to cover a portion of a first harness exposed downward through a first opening, a second removable cover to cover a portion of a second harness exposed downward through a second opening, and a third removable cover to cover a portion of a motor exposed downward through a third opening."
The patent was filed on ...