ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,221, issued on May 27, was assigned to PIZZATO ELETTRICA S.R.L. (Marostica, Italy).
"Handle actuator device for access to industrial machines or plants and related assembly" was invented by Marco Pizzato (Marostica, Italy) and Simone Zonta (Bassano del Grappa, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handle actuator device for barriers or protection panels comprises a shell (3) having means for anchoring to the access (A) and provided with a handle portion (4) adapted to be grasped by a user for moving the access (A), an actuator (5) associated with the shell (3) and provided with a first transmitting or receiving element (6) adapted t...