US Patent Issued to Wirtgen on July 22 for "Self-propelled construction machine and method for working a ground pavement" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,042, issued on July 22, was assigned to Wirtgen GmbH (Windhagen, Germany).

"Self-propelled construction machine and method for working a ground pavement" was invented by Christian Berning (Zulpich, Germany), Hanjo Held (Windhagen, Germany) and Rene Muller (Vettelschoss, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a self-propelled construction machine (1), in particular road milling machine or surface miner, for working a ground pavement, comprising a milling drum (10), which is mounted in a machine frame, wherein a milling cut develops during milling of the ground pavement with the milling drum (10), wherein the milling drum (10) compr...