ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,091, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Separator for rolling element bearings" was invented by Bryan D. Allison (Clymer, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A separator for rolling elements of a bearing includes a body formed of a composite material and having a central pocket sized to receive one of a plurality of rolling elements, a first contact end to contact one adjacent rolling element and an opposing, second contact end to contact another adjacent rolling element. The composite material includes a mixture of a polymer base, reinforcing fibers and a lubricant, preferably, polyetherimid...