US Patent Issued to Aktiebolaget SKF on July 8 for "Device equipped with an optical sensing element for sensing axial loads, notably for a bearing" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,650, issued on July 8, was assigned to Aktiebolaget SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Device equipped with an optical sensing element for sensing axial loads, notably for a bearing" was invented by Olivier Verbe (Tours, France) and Yves-Andre Liverato (Saint Paterne Racan, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device configured to be mounted on a mechanical component and to measure an axial load exerted on the mechanical component, the device including a ring provided with an inner cylindrical surface and with an outer opposite cylindrical surface, the inner and outer cylindrical surfaces delimiting the radial thickness of the ring. The de...