ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,201, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Holder for self-aligning roller bearing and self-aligning roller bearing" was invented by Tao Cheng (Shanghai), Jixuan Liu (Shanghai), Yaofeng Lv (Shanghai), Rong Gao (Jiang Su, China), Houqiao Xia (Shanghai) and Yunsheng Huang (Kunshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A holder for a self-aligning roller bearing, having a central annular part with lintels fixed on side surfaces thereof in an axial direction and protruding parts which protrude closer to the outer sides in a radial direction than the lintels. The holder includes...