ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,071, issued on March 3, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Suspension thrust bearing device" was invented by Julien Maffucci (Ballan-Mire, France) and Bruno Montboeuf (Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suspension thrust bearing device includes a lower support cap, an upper bearing cap, and a bearing disposed between the lower support cap and the upper bearing cap. The lower support cap includes a radial bearing support portion and an annular skirt extending axially away from the radial bearing support portion in a direction away from the upper bearing cap, the annular axial skirt includ...