ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,803, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Aktiebolaget SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Support assembly for moveable shafts" was invented by Andrea A. Bertolini (Carrara, Italy), Fausto Baracca (Massa, Italy) and Fabio Cavacece (Rome).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support assembly includes a casing having an internal mounting seat, a bearing unit mounted on the internal mounting seat of the casing, and a first sealing device. The bearing unit includes a radially inner ring, a radially outer ring, and a plurality of rolling elements interposed between them. The first sealing device includes a first shield fixed to the radially outer ring, a ...