US Patent Issued to Aktiebolaget SKF on June 16 for "Bearing assembly for an electric motor, and electric motor" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,658,758, issued on June 16, was assigned to Aktiebolaget SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Bearing assembly for an electric motor, and electric motor" was invented by Azeez Abdul (Utrecht, Netherlands), Hendrik Anne Mol (Varik, Netherlands) and Frank Fiddelaers (Gorinchem, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "At least one main bearing is configured to support a rotational element of the electric motor, and a sacrificial bearing. The main bearing includes at least one inner ring, at least one outer ring and at least one plurality of rolling elements. The sacrificial bearing provides an outer ring, an inner ring, and a plurality of rolling ...