ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,751, issued on March 17, was assigned to LIEBHERR-MINING EQUIPMENT COLMAR SAS (Colmar Cedex, France).

"Overhead line system for construction machines for piece good and bulk material transport and construction machine" was invented by Cedric Forestier (Sausheim, France) and Kai Kugelstadt (Lahr, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to an overhead line system for supplying electricity to the drive of one or more construction machines for piece good or bulk material transport, wherein the overhead line comprises at least one pair of lines which extend parallel along the route, carry current with opposing polar...