ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,474, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Aktiebolaget SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Co-mouldable tube" was invented by Piero Santangelo (Turin, Italy), Riccardo Restivo (Turin, Italy), Enzo Amico (Moncalieri, Italy) and Giuseppe Grassi (Pinerolo, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A co-mouldable tube (10) includes with two rolling bearings (20) arranged along a respective axis (A) of rotation. A spacer (40) is interposed between the two rolling bearings (20) so as to give the co-mouldable tube (10) structural rigidity. A cylindrical containment sleeve (5) is co-moulded around the two rolling bearings (29) and the spacer (40). Two metal...