US Patent Issued to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF on Dec. 9 for "Rolling-element bearing with seals and leakage test channel" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,728, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Rolling-element bearing with seals and leakage test channel" was invented by Marie-Joelle Huot-Marchand (Diges, France) and Vincent Bredoire (Pourrain, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rolling-element bearing includes first and second concentric ring assemblies mounted for relative rotation. The first ring assembly includes a first rolling ring and a first sealing ring supporting first and second seal elements each having a lip. The second ring assembly includes a second rolling ring and a second sealing ring contacted by the lips of the first and se...