ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,051, issued on May 26, was assigned to US Synthetic Corp. (Orem, Utah).

"Corrosion resistant bearing elements, bearing assemblies, bearing apparatuses, and motor assemblies using the same" was invented by Jair Jahaziel Gonzalez (Provo, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments disclosed herein relate to bearing assemblies and methods of manufacturing. In an embodiment, a bearing assembly includes a support ring and bearing elements. The bearing elements are mounted to and distributed circumferentially about an axis of the support ring. At least one of the bearing elements includes a polycrystalline diamond table, a substrate bon...