ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,965, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to AGCO International GmbH (Neuhausen, Switzerland).

"Supply system for a vehicle connected to a platform" was invented by Bernd Opitsch (Marktoberdorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A supply system for connecting a first vehicle has a platform, a first vehicle, a bendable connection element with one end connected with the first vehicle and another end connected with the platform and at least one floating unit for lifting the bendable connection element at least partly over a minimum floating height. The at least one floating unit is attachable to the bendable connection element distant fro...