ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,709, issued on May 20, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Cage segment for a rolling-element bearing cage" was invented by Berthold Beyfuss (Wasserlosen-Kaisten, Germany), Hans-Juergen Friedrich (Konigsberg-Romershofen, Germany), Alfred Radina (Poppenlauer, Germany), Maximilian Soellner (Bundorf, Germany) and Jonas Schierling (Hassfurt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A single-pocket cage segment of a multipart rolling-element bearing cage includes first and second side walls connected by first and second end walls. At least one of the first and second side walls or at least one of the first and second end...