ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,717, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to METALOGENIA RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGIES S.L. (Barcelona, Spain).

"Protective capsules for earth moving machines having a slot antenna" was invented by Marquez Llinas Jordi (Terrassa, Spain), Gimeno Tordera Albert (Barcelona, Spain), Ferrandiz Borras Vicent (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain) and Vallve Bertran Nil (Cabrera de Mar, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capsule for protecting an electronic device for an earth moving machine, the capsule comprising walls enclosing an inner chamber configured for housing an electronic device or components thereof, the capsule comprising a slot antenna arra...