ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,004, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Sealing device for bearing unit" was invented by Andrea Serafini (Pinerolo, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealing device for sealing a bearing unit against external contaminants is arranged substantially inside a cavity of the bearing unit and is provided with two annular metal screens and a sealing element made of elastomeric material. The sealing element is rigidly connected to a rotary one of the two annular screens and is provided with a shaped protrusion projecting radially outwardly from a stationary one of the two annular screens to define...