US Patent Issued to NTN on March 31 for "Bearing" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,607, issued on March 31, was assigned to NTN Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Bearing" was invented by Masaki Kato (Kuwana, Japan) and Mitsuhiko Yoshikawa (Kuwana, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing includes a plurality of claws located in a circumferential direction at an end face of an inner ring and protruding from the end face of an inner ring in an axial direction. A lock mechanism can be used to fasten the claws to a shaft. At least one of the plurality of claws has an opening provided therein."

The patent was filed on April 18, 2024, under Application No. 18/639,122.

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