ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,237, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Reduced noise wheel hub unit" was invented by Riccardo Nardicchia (Turin, Italy) and Paolo A Re (Nichelino, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular wheel hub unit includes a radially outer bearing ring, a radially inner bearing ring, and a plurality of rolling elements supporting the inner bearing ring and the outer bearing ring for relative rotation. The inner bearing ring has an axially facing metal coupling surface configured to frictionally engage a connecting surface of an element, such as a bell of a constant velocity joint, adjacent to the...