US Patent Issued to Aktiebolaget, SKF on Sept. 1 for "Bearing unit" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,625, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Aktiebolaget, SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Bearing unit" was invented by Andrea A. Bertolini (Carrara, Italy), Pasquale Frezza (Aversa, Italy) and Renato Berti (Massa, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing unit (10) has radially outer and inner rings (31), (33), rolling bodies (32), a cage (34) containing the rolling bodies, and two sealing devices (35) arranged axially on opposite sides of the bearing unit (10) and interposed between the radially inner ring (33) and the radially outer ring (31). Each sealing device (35) is provided with first shield (40) and a second shield (50). The fi...