ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,475, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Conductive assembly with reinforced base plate" was invented by Thomas Perrotin (Saint Roch, France) and Benoit Arnault (Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrically conductive assembly prevents current flow through the raceways of a bearing and includes a conductive base plate having a centerline and including an annular main body with an inner and outer radial ends. One or more mounting lugs extend radially outwardly from the outer radial end of the main body and are connectable with the exterior surface of an outer member ...