ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,230, issued on April 21, was assigned to NSK-WARNER K.K. (Tokyo).

"Electrolytic corrosion prevention member for rolling bearing and electrolytic corrosion prevention rolling bearing unit" was invented by Masatomo Furuya (Shizuoka, Japan), Mutsumi Setoi (Shizuoka, Japan) and Fumimasa Muramatsu (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrolytic corrosion prevention member for a rolling bearing, the electrolytic corrosion prevention member being mounted on a rolling bearing unit including the rolling bearing in which one bearing ring is a fixed ring and the other bearing ring is a rotating ring in order to prevent electrol...