ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,093, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Technogym S.p.A (Cesena, Italy).

"Treadmill with axial electric motor" was invented by Massimiliano Casoni (Cesena, Italy), Alessandro Del Monaco (Cesena, Italy) and Davide Gatti (Cesena, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gymnastic machine including a base structure having a front transmission assembly and a rear transmission assembly, wherein the base structure includes two lateral longitudinal members between which a sliding belt slides, a sliding belt, associated to the base structure, on which a user can perform a gymnastic exercise, wherein the sliding belt is configured to rotate by me...