US Patent Issued to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF on April 15 for "Support assembly for food applications having an improved seal" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,306, issued on April 15, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Sweden).

"Support assembly for food applications having an improved seal" was invented by Pasquale Frezza (Aversa, Italy), Fabio Falaschi (Carrara, Italy), Andrea A. Bertolini (Carrara, Italy) and Fabio Cavacece (Rome).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support assembly for a moveable, rotating, or sliding shaft includes a casing and a cover. The casing includes a front edge defining an opening and a radially external lateral surface having an annular seat. The annular seat includes an annular groove axially spaced from the front edge and connected to a number of axial grooves th...