US Patent Issued to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF on June 23 for "Rolling bearing comprising two identical rings" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,045, issued on June 23, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Rolling bearing comprising two identical rings" was invented by Christophe Serge Jean Yves Houdayer (Semblancay, France) and Yannick Sebastien Sarton (Luynes, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rolling bearing includes a first ring having a rolling ring and a first, split sealing ring with part rings including an end ring, and a second ring including a second rolling ring and a second sealing ring. Each part ring has one straight through hole along the longitudinal axis and located on a first diameter and a shouldered through hole along the longitudi...