US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on April 8 for "Device for selection of one or more masses for determining material properties of a material" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,744, issued on April 8, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Device for selection of one or more masses for determining material properties of a material" was invented by Giuseppe Galizia (Turin, Italy), Andrea Ricco (Turin, Italy) and Antonio Costa (Turin, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example device for selection of one or more masses among a plurality of masses arranged and removably fixed to a guide of a main frame of a test machine for determining material properties of a material during a test, the selected mass or masses allowing to push an effector for performing the test, the device comprisin...