ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,510, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to BAUER Maschinen GmbH (Schrobenhausen, Germany).

"Mast element, in particular leader element, for a construction machine and method of manufacturing the mast element" was invented by Esef Besic (Burgheim, Germany), Matthias Knoll (Thierhaupten, Germany), Christian Miehling (Titting, Germany), Rudolf Pockl (Schrobenhausen, Germany) and Alexander Weigl (Schrobenhausen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The Invention relates to a mast element, in particular leader element, for a construction machine, with an elongate, hollow mast profile, which is approximately rectangular in cross section and c...