US Patent Issued to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF on June 30 for "Bearing device with electrically insulating liner and socket having a central portion and a plurality of tabs" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,293, issued on June 30, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Bearing device with electrically insulating liner and socket having a central portion and a plurality of tabs" was invented by Benoit Arnault (Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, France) and Mickael Chollet (Joue-les-Tours, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing device includes a bearing having a first ring and a second ring mounted for relative rotation and an insulating sleeve mounted on the second ring. The insulating sleeve includes a socket and an electrically insulating liner contacting the second ring. The insulating liner is rigidly secured to the secon...