ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,801, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Large diameter rolling bearing" was invented by Bruno Capoldi (Charentenay, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rolling bearing includes a first ring and a second ring capable of rotating concentrically relative to each other, at least one row of rolling elements radially interposed between raceways of the rings, at least one row of rolling elements axially interposed between raceways of the rings, and at least one inner seal mounted on one of the first and second rings and coming into friction contact with the other ring of the first and second rings. ...