US Patent Issued to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF on July 7 for "Bearing device with integrated electrical insulation, in particular for electric motor or electric machine" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,489, issued on July 7, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Bearing device with integrated electrical insulation, in particular for electric motor or electric machine" was invented by Benoit Arnault (Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, France), Mickael Chollet (Joue-les-Tours, France) and Anthony Simonin (Tours, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing device includes a first ring and a second ring configured to rotate relative to one another and an insulating sleeve formed from a bushing and an electrically insulating lining. The lining is overmolded on the bushing and on the second ring and connects the bushing to the sec...