ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,864, issued on March 18, was assigned to Volvo Construction Equipment AB (Eskilstuna, Sweden).

"Working machine, a work attachment and a combination thereof" was invented by Christian Hahn (Schmeiz, Germany) and Bjorn Dusemund (Trier Rheinland Pfalz, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A working machine includes a work attachment connection arrangement configured to operationally connect to the working machine a work attachment provided with a work tool; and a control system configured to control the operation of the working machine and to control the operation of the work attachment. The working machine further includes: at leas...