ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,710, issued on May 20, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).
"Creep free and insulated bearing outer race construction" was invented by Peng Shen (Troy, Mich.), Wenying Yang (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Jack M. Gayney (Grosse Ile, Mich.) and Xiaoqing Zeng (Northville, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing outer face construction system includes a bearing having a bearing outer race. The bearing outer race includes an outer race surface. At least one circumferential groove is recessed into the bearing outer race. An expanding member is received in the at least one circumferential groove. A housing receiv...