ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,231, issued on July 22, was assigned to Liebherr-Components Biberach GmbH (Biberach an der Riss, Germany).
"Construction- and/or material-handling machine" was invented by Norbert Hausladen (Biberach an der Riss, Germany) and Viktor Schindler (Uttenweiler, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a construction- and/or material-handling machine such as a crane, excavator or tracked vehicle, comprising an internal combustion engine that drives one or more energy-consuming devices such as a pump, winch, actuator for a structure or working-unit drives of the construction- and/or material-handling machine via a mec...