ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,727, issued on June 23, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Working machine with hitch tilt actuator used for fore/aft leveling while working the ground" was invented by Scott Shearer (Fort Worth, Texas), Andrew Klopfenstein (Fort Worth, Texas), Santiago Avila (Fort Worth, Texas) and Greg Arnett (Fort Worth, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments may include a working machine comprising 1) a frame assembly including first and second sections, 2) ground implements to work a ground surface, the first section including at least one first implement of the ground implements and the second section including at leas...