ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,859, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to BOMAG GMBH (Boppard, Germany).
"Tandem roller for compacting an underlying ground" was invented by Thomas Klein (Boppard, Germany) and Tobias Kreutz (Boppard, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tandem roller for compacting an underlying ground, comprising a machine frame supported by a front compaction drum and a rear compaction drum. The rear compaction drum is spaced apart from the front compaction drum in a longitudinal machine direction, and an operator platform with a driver's seat. The driver's seat is displaceable by an adjusting device from an operating position at a center of the...