ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,955, issued on May 27, was assigned to Wirtgen GmbH (Windhagen, Germany).
"Milling machine and process for the operation of a milling machine" was invented by Christian Berning (Zulpich, Germany), Andreas Vogt (Asbach, Germany), Thomas Lehnert (Oberraden, Germany) and Cyrus Barimani (Konigswinter, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a milling machine, in particular a road milling machine, a stabiliser, a recycler or a surface miner, comprising a drive means which is configured such that the milling machine performs translatory and/or rotatory movements on the ground, and a working means which is configured...