ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,294, issued on March 25, was assigned to BEP EUROPE N.V. (Bruges, Belgium).

"Device for applying vibrations to passenger cars" was invented by Yves Jeroom Andre Desmet (Assebroek, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for applying vibrations to passenger cars has a platform with a roller on which a front or rear pair of wheels of the passenger car can be positioned. The roller has for each wheel positioned thereon at least two tracks with a different relief. In a first position the passenger car is located with the wheels on a first pair of the tracks and in a second position is located with the wheels on another pair of t...