ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,766, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Wirtgen GmbH (Windhagen, Germany).

"Milling machine and method for operating a milling machine" was invented by Christian Berning (Zuplich, Germany), Thomas Lehnert (Oberraden, Germany) and Philip Verhaelen (Cologne, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a milling machine having a replaceable milling drum, different types of milling drums being capable of being associated with the milling machine; and having a control unit for controlling the milling machine, machine parameters of the milling machine being settable by way of the control unit. Provision is made that the m...