ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,502, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Bearing cage" was invented by Berthold Beyfuss (Wasserlosen-Kaisten, Germany), Hans-Juergen Friedrich (Konigsberg-Romershofen, Germany), Alfred Radina (Poppenlauer, Germany), Maximilian Soellner (Bundorf, Germany), Jonas Schierling (Hassfurt, Germany) and Martin Kemmer (Werneck, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing cage for large rolling-element bearings includes a first side part and a second side part and a plurality of bridge elements connecting the first and second side parts to form a plurality of cage pockets each configured to receive a...