US Patent Issued to Aktiebolaget SKF on Nov. 4 for "Roller bearing having radially inner raceways with an optimized profile and associated radially outer ring of a bearing" (Italian, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,676, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Aktiebolaget SKF (Gotenborg, Sweden).

"Roller bearing having radially inner raceways with an optimized profile and associated radially outer ring of a bearing" was invented by Maurizio Bertola (Piscina, Italy), Pruthviraj Mandya Shekar (Mandya, India) and Carmelo Gulli (Turin, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rolling bearing includes an outer ring, an inner ring, and a plurality of rolling bodies between the rings. The outer ring includes a first and a second annular raceway, both formed on an inner lateral surface of the outer ring, and an axial shoulder extending in a radially inward dire...