US Patent Issued to NIPPON THOMPSON on June 23 for "Rolling bearing" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,041, issued on June 23, was assigned to NIPPON THOMPSON Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Rolling bearing" was invented by Kenichiro Tsuruta (Mino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rolling bearing includes outer and inner steel rings made of steel and rolling elements respectively rollable on inner and outer circumferential surfaces of the outer and inner rings. The outer ring includes first and second outer rings. The inner ring includes first and second inner rings. The first and second outer rings and the first and second inner rings include first, second, and third portions. The first portion is a disk annular portion orthogonally extendi...