ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,877, issued on April 7, was assigned to PIZZATO ELETTRICA S.R.L. (Marostica, Italy).

"Safety device, system and method for monitoring an electric motor" was invented by Giuseppe Pizzato (Marostica, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety device (10) for monitoring an electric motor (101) connected to a power supply line (100) and equipped with a drive shaft (102). The safety device (10) comprises a control unit (12) having detection means, adapted to detect at least two physical quantities related to and associated with the operation of the electric motor (101), signaling means configured to transmit a control signal (C) genera...