ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,850, issued on Sept. 9.

"Roller bearing and gear assembly" was invented by Marta Magnusson (Grimsby, Canada) and Stefan Magnusson (Grimsby, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roller gear and bearing assembly having roller gear bearings with semi-spherical engagement members is disclosed. Semi-spherical engagement members are offset on two distinct surfaces on roller gears, with corresponding semi-spherical receiver elements on the race of the roller gear and bearing assembly. An optional improvement to the roller gear and bearing assembly is configuring the roller gears and assembling the roller gear assembly such that the roll...