ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,508, issued on March 4, was assigned to Aktiebolaget SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Sensor bearing unit and method of manufacturing such a sensor bearing unit" was invented by Victor Brizmer (Utrecht, Netherlands), Yuri Kadin (Nieuwegein, Netherlands) and Eric Robert (Saint Cyr sur Loire, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor bearing unit comprising: a bearing comprising first and second rings, each provided with an outer cylindrical surface, an inner cylindrical surface, and lateral surfaces, and an impulse ring provided with a target holder being axially mounted against one of said lateral surfaces, and comprising a fixing por...