US Patent Issued to Schaeffler Technologies on March 17 for "Axial rolling bearing unit with rolling bodies, which are arranged between annular axial bearing washers, in the form of a self-fixing assembly" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,985, issued on March 17, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Axial rolling bearing unit with rolling bodies, which are arranged between annular axial bearing washers, in the form of a self-fixing assembly" was invented by Wolfgang Fugel (Nuremberg, Germany), Andreas Kirschner (Aurachtal, Germany) and Frank Schoenstein (Baiersdorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An axial rolling bearing unit includes a first annular axial bearing washer, a second annular axial bearing washer, a bearing cage, and rolling elements arranged between the first annular axial bearing washer and the second ...