ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,118, issued on July 29, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Bearing assembly, in particular for an electric motor" was invented by Juergen Barthelme (Grettstadt, Germany), Helmut Hauck (Euerbach, Germany), Stefanie Seufert (Rothhausen, Germany) and Hubert Herbst (Gadheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing assembly includes a bearing having a first bearing ring, a second bearing ring rotatably disposed relative to the first bearing ring, and a plurality of rolling elements in a bearing interior defined by the first bearing ring and the second bearing ring. Also, at least one layer of non-metallic mat...