ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,847, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to OFFICINA FRATELLI BERTOLOTTI S.P.A. (Italy).

"Hanger supporting of a suspended contact wire of a supply electric aerial railway line and an electric aerial railway line comprising said hanger" was invented by Stefano Marchesiello (Volpiano, Italy), Luigi Garibaldi (Volpiano, Italy), Alessandro Fasana (Volpiano, Italy) and Dario Anastasio (Volpiano, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerial power supply railway line has a plurality of hangers, each having, in turn, a fastening member adapted to be fixed to a supporting element, a supporting frame coupled to the fastening member, a fastening...