US Patent Issued to OFFICINE MACCAFERRI on Sept. 15 for "Sensor-fitted metal net" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,575, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to OFFICINE MACCAFERRI S.p.A. (Zola Predosa, Italy).

"Sensor-fitted metal net" was invented by Francesco Ferraiolo (Zola Predosa, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal net having entwined metal wires defining the meshes of the metal net comprises at least one elongate sensor element fixed integrally to the metal net, inserted into the net during the production thereof. The elongate sensor element may comprise a wire of a material having a low coefficient of variation of the resistivity and a high gauge factor, preferably formed from constantan, or else may be of the optical fibre or compo...