US Patent Issued to SKF Australia on May 26 for "Device and method for mounting a bearing on a seating" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,054, issued on May 26, was assigned to SKF Australia Pty Ltd (Oakleigh, Australia).

"Device and method for mounting a bearing on a seating" was invented by George Zeman (Hornsby, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toolkit for mounting a bearing onto a seating includes an adapter sleeve radially interposable between the inner ring and the seating and having a tapered portion configured to mate with a tapered bore of the inner ring and a threaded portion configured to extend away from the bearing, a hydraulic nut having a threaded bore and an axially moveable piston, a hydraulic pump configured to increase a hydraulic pressure i...