US Patent Issued to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF on June 30 for "Upper bearing cap for a suspension thrust bearing device" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,149, issued on June 30, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Upper bearing cap for a suspension thrust bearing device" was invented by Paul Rabourdin (Chambray les Tours, France), Romain Medarian (Tours, France), Thomas Lepine (Tours, France) and Julien Maffucci (Ballan-mire, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An upper bearing cap for a suspension thrust bearing device includes a radial wall having an upper surface configured to face a retainer seat and an opposite lower surface configured to contact a rolling-element bearing, an axial outer annular skirt extending axially downwards from a radial outer edge of t...