ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,691, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Sandvik Rock Processing Australia Pty Ltd. (New South Wales, Australia).

"Cooling vibration exciter apparatus" was invented by Andreas Wieltsch (New South Wales, Australia) and Simon Mann (New South Wales, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exciter apparatus includes an exciter housing and at least one bearing means supporting at least one driven shaft carrying eccentric mass means. The exciter housing includes an array of bore passages extending from an upper wall of the exciter housing to a lower wall of the exciter housing. A mounting structure plate is securable to mineral processi...