ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,980, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Compaction roller for working machine" was invented by Takuya Odaka (Wako, Japan), Kenta Sugitate (Wako, Japan), Tatsuya Ide (Wako, Japan), Kohei Hada (Wako, Japan), Yoshiya Nakagawa (Wako, Japan), Toshiaki Takamura (Tokyo) and Yuki Yoshimine (Wako, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A working machine includes a machine body, a front wheel and a rear wheel provided apart from each other in a front-rear direction of the machine body. A working portion is provided between the front wheel and the rear wheel and includes a power source and a cutter blade capable of ...