ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,518, issued on March 24, was assigned to FERSA BEARINGS S.A. (Saragossa, Spain).
"Pre-assembled unit having two tapered roller bearings" was invented by Jose Enrique Calvo Isasi (Saragossa, Spain), Ignacio Miguel Martin (Saragossa, Spain), Javier Salvador Lou (Saragossa, Spain) and Sergio Santo Domingo (Saragossa, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pre-assembled unit having two tapered roller bearings for a driven shaft designed to be replaced efficiently and to maintain optimal tightness as if it were factory assembled. The bearing has a rubber seal attached to a lateral face of the inner race of one of the tapered rollers, the...