ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,151, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to DANA MOTION SYSTEMS ITALIA S.R.L. (Reggio Emilia, Italy).

"Telescopic pipe assembly" was invented by Luca Buscicchio (Modena, Italy), Federica Franzoni (Reggio Emilia, Italy) and Angelo Sala (Reggio Emilia, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Telescopic pipe assembly for a hydraulic power unit. The telescopic pipe assembly includes, in one example, a first pipe including multiple indents or recesses that are positioned along a portion of the first pipe and a second pipe including an alignment opening, where the first pipe is axially moveable in relation to the second pipe and where the align...