US Patent Issued to Gates on Dec. 16 for "Low axial runout driven pulley through the application of a spindle shaft utilizing multiple sets of bearings with radial clearance to the shaft" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,032, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Gates Corp. (Denver).

"Low axial runout driven pulley through the application of a spindle shaft utilizing multiple sets of bearings with radial clearance to the shaft" was invented by Marc Cadarette (Windsor, Canada), Jason Jacques (Windsor, Canada), Robert Masse (Windsor, Canada) and Michael Koppeser (Windsor, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A low axial runout driven pulley through the application of a spindle shaft utilizing multiple sets of bearings with radial clearance to the shaft. Utilizing a belt-driven pulley supporting overhanging loads with low axial runout provided by a spind...