ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,741, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Wirtgen GmbH (Windhagen, Germany).
"Mounted earth removal device having a split side plate" was invented by Stefan Abresch (Dierdorf, Germany) and Marcel Joisten (Neuwied, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a mounted earth removal device (10), comprising: a work drive (16), which is designed for rotation about a work axis (A), and a device housing (12) having a support part (14), on which the work drive (16) is accommodated, the device housing (12) having a base structure (30), of which the support part (14) forms at least a section,the device housing furthe...