US Patent Issued to Wirtgen on March 11 for "Self-propelled construction machine and method for controlling a self-propelled construction machine" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,600, issued on March 11, was assigned to Wirtgen GmbH (Windhagen, Germany).

"Self-propelled construction machine and method for controlling a self-propelled construction machine" was invented by Siegbert Dittmann (Vettelschoss, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a self-propelled construction machine, in particular a road milling machine, stabiliser, recycler or surface miner, which has a machine frame 2 supported by at least three running gears 10A, 10B, 11A, 11B, a drive device 14 for driving at least two running gears, and a work roller 4 arranged on the machine frame. The invention also relates to a m...