ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,200, issued on July 21, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Cage segment of a segmented bearing cage" was invented by Alfred Radina (MaBbach, Germany), Maximilian Soellner (Bundorf, Germany), Hans-Juergen Friedrich (Konigsberg-Romershofen, 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 for large rolling bearings includes first and second lateral sides and first and second ends that together define a pocket configured to receive a rolling body. The first and second lateral sides each include an inner...