ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,367, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Aktiebolaget, SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Bearing unit with sealing device" was invented by Andrea A. Bertolini (Carrara, Italy), Alessio Nebbia Colomba (Pisa, Italy) and Fabio Cavacece (Rome).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing unit includes an inner ring, an outer ring, and a sealing device interposed between the inner and outer ring. The sealing device includes first annular screen joined to the radially outer ring and a second annular screen joined to the radially inner ring and facing the first screen. The first screen includes a first gasket made of an elastomeric material, and the sec...