ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,226, issued on April 21, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Cage segment for a segmented cage" was invented by Berthold Beyfuss (Wasserlosen-Kaisten, Germany), Hans-Juergen Friedrich (Konigsberg-Romershofen, Germany), Alfred Radina (MaBbach, Germany), Maximilian Soellner (Bundorf, Germany), Jonas Schierling (Hassfurt, Germany), Martin Kemmer (Werneck, Germany) and Jesko-Henning Tanke (Schweinfurt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cage segment for a segmented bearing cage includes first and second end walls configured to oppose first and second end surfaces of a rolling element and a first side wall and a...