US Patent Issued to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF on Sept. 22 for "Bearing device with integrated electric insulation, in particular for an electric machine or motor" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,473, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Bearing device with integrated electric insulation, in particular for an electric machine or motor" was invented by Mickael Chollet (Joue-les-Tours, France), Anthony Simonin (Tours, France) and Benoit Arnault (Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing device includes a bearing having first and second rings, a bushing, and an electrically insulating insert overmolded between and connecting a first cylindrical surface of the bushing and a second cylindrical surface of the second ring. A convex surface connects the first cylindri...