ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,408, issued on March 3, was assigned to MANITOU BF (Ancenis, France).

"Handling machine with telescopic arm" was invented by Alexis Pousset (Ancenis, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handling machine with a telescopic arm including a hydraulic actuator system carried by a second section of the arm mounted so as to slide inside a first section, and a hydraulic control circuit that includes a pipe system that extends at least partly inside the arm and is connected to the hydraulic actuator system in order to supply the hydraulic actuator system. The pipe system includes at least one flexible hydraulic pipe that extends inside th...