ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,891, issued on May 6, was assigned to PROFACERE SRL (Genoa, Italy).
"Device and method for positioning a module of modular bed for machine tools" was invented by Alessandro Arturo Bruzzone (Genoa, Italy), Margherita Monti (Genoa, Italy) and Ivan Rosciano (Toirano, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for positioning a module of modular bed (4) for machine tools with respect to a reference module (41), comprising a liquid-based leveling device (2) which allows an alignment of the modules (41, 42) according to three degrees of freedom (Z,a,b) and a base support (3) which allows a spatial movement of the module to be installed ...