US Patent Issued to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF on March 24 for "Rolling-element bearing with seals and purging channel" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,524, issued on March 24, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Rolling-element bearing with seals and purging channel" was invented by Marie-Joelle Huot-Marchand (Diges, France) and Vincent Bredoire (Pourrain, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rolling-element bearing includes first and second concentric ring assemblies and rolling elements supporting the ring assemblies for relative rotation. The first ring assembly includes a first rolling ring and a first sealing ring mounted axially to the first rolling ring and supporting a first seal element and a second seal element, and the second ring assembly include...