ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,377, issued on April 14, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Suspension bearing unit with gasket" was invented by Thomas Lepine (Tours, France), Paul Rabourdin (Chambray les Tours, France), Jordan Renaudon (Saint Cyr sur Loire, France) and Bruno Montboeuf (Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suspension bearing unit includes a lower support cap, an upper bearing cap having an axial skirt, and at least one bearing disposed radially between the lower support cap and the upper bearing cap. At least one gasket is at least partially disposed in a space radially between the axial skirt and the a...