ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,899, issued on July 28, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Bearing assembly" was invented by Padelis Katsaros (Schweinfurt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing assembly, preferably a wheel bearing assembly, includes at least one first ring and at least second ring, at least one of the first and second rings being rotatable and a bearing interior being defined between the first and second rings. The first ring(s) are designed to be attached with press fit to a component formed of a first material with a first coefficient of thermal expansion, the first ring (s) being formed of a second material with a...