ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,825, issued on April 7, was assigned to Berco S.p.A. (Copparo/Ferrara, Italy) and thyssenkrupp AG (Essen, Germany).

"Device for monitoring the lubrication condition of a bearing of a track roller of a running gear of a tracked vehicle" was invented by Francesco Grenzi (Ferrara, Italy) and Enrico Maggiolini (Ferrara, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for monitoring the lubrication condition of the bearing of a track roller of a running gear of a tracked vehicle by means of temperature monitoring, wherein the track roller has at least one bearing journal, wherein the track roller is mounted in a frame of the tracked vehicle...