ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,608, issued on March 31, was assigned to Bernward Welschof (Grossostheim, Germany).

"Mobile forestry machine" was invented by Michael Willenbucher (Oberzent, Germany), Claus Hofmann (Haibach, Germany) and Bernward Welschof (Grossostheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a mobile machine, in particular a forestry machine, which has a chassis and a drive unit which has an internal combustion engine and at least one hydraulic pump driven by the internal combustion engine, which hydraulic pump supplies a hydraulic system with pressure medium. The internal combustion engine with the hydraulic pump ...