ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,237, issued on May 20, was assigned to AUDI AG (Ingolstadt, Germany).
"Wheel bearing unit for a motor vehicle and motor vehicle" was invented by Johannes Albl (Ingolstadt, Germany) and Michael Frisch (Schonberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheel bearing unit for a motor vehicle, comprising a wheel hub, a wheel bearing housing and a rolling bearing by which the wheel hub is mounted rotatably in relation to the wheel bearing housing. The rolling bearing has at least one row of rolling elements which are guided on the wheel hub side in a bearing inner ring which is designed as a separate component in relation to the wheel h...