US Patent Issued to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF on June 10 for "Rolling-element bearing with seals and purging channel" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,174, issued on June 10, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Rolling-element bearing with seals and purging channel" was invented by Marie-Joelle Huot-Marchand (Diges, France) and Vincent Bredoire (Pourrain, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rolling-element bearing includes first and second concentric ring assemblies. The first ring assembly has a first rolling ring and a first sealing ring abutting axially at a joint, and the first sealing ring supports a first seal element and a second seal element located axially between the first sealing element and the first rolling ring. The second ring assembly has a s...