ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,606, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH (Harsewinkel, Germany).

"Agricultural machine with vibration-dampened attachment" was invented by Udo Beschorn (Harsewinkel, Germany), Andreas Wielenberg (Herford, Germany), Christian Fuchtling (Rinkerode, Germany) and Marcus Gehrmann (Marienfeld, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural machine comprises a carrier vehicle and an attachment is disclosed. The attachment is pivotably guided on the carrier vehicle about an axis extending in the direction of travel of the carrier vehicle. To the right and left of the axis, a support wheel is co...