ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,720, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Sealing device for bearing unit" was invented by Piero Genualdo (Turin, Italy), Daniele Duch (San Gillio, Italy) and Davide Bergesio (Pavarolo, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealing device for sealing a bearing unit between a stationary radially outer ring and a rotary inner flanged ring against external contaminants. The sealing device includes a rotary metal first shield which has a shaped annular form and is mounted on the flanged ring, a stationary metal second shield which has a shaped annular form and is mounted on the radially outer ring a...