ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,861, issued on March 25, was assigned to EURODRILL GmbH (Drolshagen, Germany).

"Device for generating oscillations for a construction machine and method of operation" was invented by Markus Merzhauser (Drolshagen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device for generating oscillations for a construction machine, comprising a housing, a piston which is movable back and forth in a working chamber in the housing between a first return point and a second return point, a pressurized fluid supply through which in each case pressurized fluid can be fed into and discharged from the working chamber via at least o...