US Patent Issued to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF on May 12 for "Equipment and method for forming a front toothing on an inner ring of a wheel hub" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,273, issued on May 12, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Sweden).

"Equipment and method for forming a front toothing on an inner ring of a wheel hub" was invented by Laura Sguotti (Bricherasio, Italy) and Davide Antonio Olivieri (Turin, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Equipment and method in which a creator tool is pressed against an annular upset collar of an inner ring of a wheel hub and is provided towards the collar with a toothing complementary to the toothing to be obtained, formed by a plurality of radial teeth separated by respective radial spaces, all arranged radially in a circular crown, symmetrically with respect to a...