US Patent Issued to SOILMEC on Nov. 25 for "Machine for performing excavations, in particular for drilling, and method associated to such machine" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,278, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SOILMEC S.P.A. (Cesena, Italy).

"Machine for performing excavations, in particular for drilling, and method associated to such machine" was invented by Mirco Armando Raffuzzi (Cervia, Italy) and Francesco Mantovani (Cesena, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine and method utilize a tracked undercarriage including a frame with a central body, front and rear transverse assemblies connected to the central body and extending on opposite sides. Each of a pair of lateral tracks is connected, at the front and at the rear, to ends of the transverse assemblies. The base machine includes excavat...