ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,742, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Wacker Neuson Produktion GmbH & Co. (Reichertshofen, Germany).
"Unbalance exciter for vibratory plates" was invented by Florian Forstner (Rudelzhausen, Germany), Tobias Muller (Margetshochheim, Germany), Walter Unverdorben (Markt Indersdorf, Germany) and Lisa Weber (Seefeld, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An unbalance exciter for a vibratory plate includes a rotatably mounted unbalance shaft, on which an unbalance mass is provided. The exciter includes an exciter housing for the unbalance shaft, at least two bearing devices for the rotatable mounting of the unbalance shaft, and two bearin...