ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,214, issued on May 5, was assigned to CAPE HOLLAND HOLDING B.V. (Beilen, Netherlands).

"Vibration device and method for inserting into the ground or removing from the ground a foundation element with electric motor" was invented by Hendrik Cejus De Roo (Beilen, Netherlands) and Laurens De Neef (Beilen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vibration device for inserting a foundation element into the ground includes a frame, at least one vibration element that is operatively connected to the frame, and at least one drive that is operatively connected to the at least one vibration element. The at least one drive is an electric mot...