US Patent Issued to VOLVO TRUCK on Sept. 22 for "Axial roller bearing assembly" (Swedish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,474, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to VOLVO TRUCK Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Axial roller bearing assembly" was invented by Johan Folkesson (Skene, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An axial roller bearing assembly includes an annular plastic cage comprising a plurality of openings distributed along the circumferential direction of the cage. A plurality of rollers are provided in a respective opening of the cage; and a support ring is provided circumferentially around the outer perimeter of the cage and in contact with the cage for providing strengthening support to the plastic material of the cage."

The patent was filed o...