ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,759, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Bearing unit with rolling bodies" was invented by Giorgia D'Amico (Turin, Italy), Gianni Alvise Cognolato (Trofarello, Italy) and Claudio Foti (Villanova d'asti, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing unit includes rolling bodies between radially inner and outer rings and a seal element extending between the rings, the seal element including a metallic shield and an elastomeric coating overmolded on the shield. The coating includes an anchor body mounted in a seat of the outer ring, and the anchor body includes a first anchor lip on an axially inn...