ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,301, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Backing ring assembly for railway axles" was invented by Andrea Long (San Germano Chisone, Italy), Giorgia D'Amico (Turin, Italy) and Giuseppe Guala (Pinerolo, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support ring assembly for a railway axle having a support ring configured to be inserted between a rolling bearing and a collar of the railway axle, the support ring having an annular seat, a surface of a radially inner side wall fitted with a radial clearance over the collar and an end wall that abuts against the collar, an annular insert fitted into the seat...