ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,641, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Wirtgen GmbH (Germany).

"Earth working machine and method for wear-optimized operation of an earth working machine" was invented by Cyrus Barimani (Konigswinter, Germany), Gunter Hahn (Konigswinter, Germany) and Stefan Wagner (Bad Honnef, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an earth working machine and to a method for wear-optimized operation of such an earth working machine. Provision is made in this context that machine parameters with which the earth working machine is operated are adapted, in consideration of material properties of the substrate to be worked, in ...