US Patent Issued to Aktiebolaget SKF on July 21 for "Portable induction heater for annular bearing components comprising pockets" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,201, issued on July 21, was assigned to Aktiebolaget SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Portable induction heater for annular bearing components comprising pockets" was invented by Alberto Javier Herrera Caballero (Utrecht, Netherlands) and Sebastien David (Ouderkerk a/d Amstel, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable heater for an annular bearing component includes an induction heater having a heating clamp connector and a main cable for the alimentation of the induction heater, a housing inside which is located the induction heater, the housing providing openings for the heating clamp connector and the main cable, a handle in...