ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,372, issued on April 14, was assigned to ILJIN USA Corp. (Novi, Mich.).
"Wheel bearing assemblies and vehicles" was invented by Kelly Grubaugh (Canton, Mich.) and Robert Sutherlin (Farmington Hills, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheel bearing assembly is provided. The wheel bearing assembly includes an outer ring, a wheel hub rotating relative to the outer ring, the wheel hub including a hub flange, an inboard surface of the hub flange facing an outboard surface of the outer ring and spaced a gap apart from the outboard surface of the outer ring in an axial direction, a plurality of rolling elements rotatably coupling the o...