ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,113, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Electrically conductive device with centering projections" was invented by Benoit Arnault (Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, France) and Thomas Perrotin (Saint Roch, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrically conductive device includes an annular conductor having a centerline and an inner radial end contactable with a shaft with an inner circumferential surface centered about the centerline. A support bracket is formed of an electrically conductive material and includes an inner annular main body with a centerline, the annular conductor being coupled with t...