ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,537, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to POLITECNICO DI MILANO (Milan).
"Hub carrier comprising force and/or moment sensors" was invented by Gianpiero Mastinu (Cernobbio, Italy), Massimiliano Gobbi (Pavia, Italy) and Federico Maria Ballo (Terni, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hub carrier is provided having: a central part for carrying a hub for a wheel of a vehicle; an outer frame adapted to connect the hub carrier to a suspension of the vehicle; at least three spokes interposed between the central part and the outer frame, the at least three spokes being rigidly connected to the central part. The at least three spokes have ...