ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,950, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to OLI S.P.A. (Medolla, Italy).

"Motor-vibrator assembly for a vibrating machine" was invented by Michele Modenese (Medolla, Italy), Raffaello Frati (Medolla, Italy) and Giacomo Fabbri (Medolla, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Motor-vibrator assembly for a vibrating machine having a plurality of motor-vibrators, each having a synchronous motor and at least one eccentric mass divided into two bodies fixed to two respective free ends of the shaft of the motor. The motor-vibrator assembly comprises position sensing means to sense the angular position and the angular velocity of the shafts of the...