ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,252, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to NTN Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Bearing device for a vehicle wheel" was invented by Shouta Mizushima (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheel bearing device for which the work of grinding a wheel hub is simplified. The wheel hub (3) has an inside track groove (3c), a seal land part (3d), a recess (3m), and a flange surface (3k). An outer-side sealing member (10) is provided with a core metal (11) and a sealing member (12). The sealing member includes a contact lip (12d) and a labyrinth lip (12e) facing the recess across a gap. The recess has a bottom (313) located between an outer dia...