ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,802, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Rolling bearing with seals and a perforated spacer ring between the seals" was invented by Christophe Serge Jean Yves Houdayer (Semblancay, France) and Yannick Sebastien Sarton (Luynes, 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 one another. The rolling bearing further includes at least two seals and a spacer ring axially arranged between the two seals. The spacer ring includes a flange projecting radially outwardly toward the second ring and an annular axial...