ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,606, issued on March 31, was assigned to SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. (Chiba, Japan).

"Rolling bearing, rotation device, and method for manufacturing rolling bearing" was invented by Akihiro Iino (Chiba, Japan) and Misato Hanaoka (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a rolling bearing excellent in long-term durability. A rolling bearing includes: an inner ring and an outer ring disposed coaxially with each other; a rolling element disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring; a seal member mounted on the outer ring and configured to cover a space between the inner ring and the outer ring from an outside in an axial...