ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,983, issued on April 21, was assigned to BAUER Maschinen GmbH (Schrobenhausen, Germany).

"Trench cutter and method for forming a cut trench in the ground" was invented by Kristina Heindl (Hohenwart, Germany), Johannes Herb (Thierhaupten, Germany) and Sebastian Soier (Schrobenhausen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a trench cutter comprising a cutter frame, at least one rotatably drivable cutter wheel, which has cutting teeth on its outer circumference for removing ground material, at least one bearing shield, which is arranged on the underside of the cutter frame and is configured to support the at le...