US Patent Issued to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF on Oct. 14 for "Sealing cap or component of a sealing device for a roller bearing, associated roller bearing, in particular for a hub bearing unit, and associated method" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,417, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gotenborg, Sweden).

"Sealing cap or component of a sealing device for a roller bearing, associated roller bearing, in particular for a hub bearing unit, and associated method" was invented by Riccardo Nardicchia (Turin, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealing system for a roller bearing including a first annular shield and a first sealing cover. A first face of each that includes a coupling surface that is covered with a rubbery coating made of a synthetic rubber. The coupling surface of the first annular shield is coupled to a corresponding coupling surface of a rotati...