ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,238, issued on May 20, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Sweden).
"Hub-bearing unit for a wheel of a motor vehicle" was invented by Giancarlo Branca (Rivoli, Italy) and Marco Romanetto (Pianezza, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hub-bearing unit with an axis of rotation includes a stationary, radially external ring, a radially internal flanged hub, rotatable about the axis and including a first shoulder, a second shoulder, a first relief groove, and a section (SR) radially opposite the first relief groove. At least one row of rolling bodies is interposed between the external ring and the flanged hub. The hub-bearing unit includ...