ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,444, issued on May 19, was assigned to NEXION S.P.A. (Correggio, Italy).

"Apparatus and method for measuring vehicle alignment" was invented by Giulio Corghi (Correggio, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus (1) for measuring an alignment of a wheeled vehicle (V), comprises: two contact tracks (P) for the wheels of the vehicle, extending along a longitudinal direction (L); a measuring assembly (2), including a measuring unit (21), for capturing one or more images of the vehicle and generating corresponding image data, and a connector (22), having a first end (22A) connected to the measuring unit (21) and positioned at a fi...