ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,284, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Workhorse Group Inc. (Sharonville, Ohio).

"Land vehicles incorporating electric motors and methods therefor" was invented by Robert Willison (Lebanon, Ohio), Donald L. Wires (Loveland, Ohio) and Gary Cain (Loveland, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Land vehicles and methods of operating land vehicles are disclosed. A land vehicle includes a frame structure, a plurality of wheels, and a plurality of electric motors. The frame structure includes a front cage that at least partially defines an operator cabin and a rear compartment positioned rearward of the front cage in a longitudinal directio...