ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,822, issued on April 7, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Bearing with distance sensor and control unit" was invented by Franck Landrieve (Fondettes, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing includes a first ring and a second ring capable of rotating concentrically relative to each other, and at least one distance sensor mounted on the first ring and facing a surface of the second ring to measure radial displacements between the first and second rings. The bearing further includes a control unit connected to the distance sensor and adapted to calculate the value of a deflection of the bearing by subtracti...