ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,206, issued on April 21, was assigned to MANITOU ITALIA S.R.L. (Castelfranco Emilia, Italy).
"Movement control device with double balancing" was invented by Marco Iotti (Reggio Emilia, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for controlling movement of a load. The device includes a first conduit, designed to be connected to a first chamber of a hydraulic actuator, a second conduit designed to be connected to a second chamber of the hydraulic actuator, a first balancing valve, positioned along the first conduit, which is normally closed and is actuated towards an open position by the pressure present in the second conduit, a se...