ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,627, issued on Sept. 1, 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 inner ring rotating type rolling bearing in which an outer ring is fixed to a housing and a shaft directly connected to a motor is fit...