US Patent Issued to Aktiebolaget, SKF on Feb. 24 for "Hydro-deflector sealing system for a bearing unit" (Indian, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,203, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Aktiebolaget, SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Hydro-deflector sealing system for a bearing unit" was invented by Nilesh Bang (Pune, India), Yash Patil (Dhule, India), Kapil Chaudhary (Ghaziabad, India), Gianpiero Scaltriti (Turin, Italy) and Gopal Kamble (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing unit includes two hydro-deflector sealing systems, each positioned on opposite axial ends of the bearing unit. Each hydro-deflector sealing system includes an external seal having a first radially outer lip, a second radially outer lip, and a radially inner anchoring lip formed at an opposite end...