US Patent Issued to Aktiebolaget SKF on March 24 for "Rolling bearing" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,523, issued on March 24, was assigned to Aktiebolaget SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Rolling bearing" was invented by Marco Theodorus Van Zoelen (Houten, Netherlands) and Pieter Louis Van Dalen (Oosterhout, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rolling bearing (1) includes an outer ring (2), an inner ring (4), and a plurality of rolling elements (6) arranged between the outer and inner ring (2, 4). The rolling bearing (1) is provided with lubricant. The outer ring (2) has an outer contact width (bo) between the outer ring (2) and the rolling elements (6). The inner ring (4) has an inner contact width (bi) between the inner ring (...