ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,539, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to ITALTRACTOR ITM S.p.A. (Valsamoggia Localita Crespellano, Italy).

"Monitoring system for belted undercarriage" was invented by Nicolas Moretti (Verghereto, Italy) and Eustachio Calia (Matera, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A monitoring system of at least one physical magnitude in at least one undercarriage component, the system includes at least one sensor device arranged in an undercarriage component, the sensor device configured to detect the temperature inside the undercarriage component and to generate wireless measurement signals that include temperature representative data; a gatewa...