ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,870, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Aktiebolaget SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Bearing and associated sensor bearing unit" was invented by Vincent Sausset (Azay-le-Rideau, France), Sylvain Chaussat (Mont-Pres-Chambord, France) and Nicolas Guinamard (Menthonnex Sous Clermont, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The bearing comprises a first ring (16) and a second ring (18) centered on an axis, each of the first and second rings being provided with an outer cylindrical surface (16b), with an inner cylindrical surface (16a), and with lateral faces (16c) which axially delimit the outer and inner cylindrical surface. One of the inner and...