ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,373, issued on June 24, was assigned to HSP SCHWAHLEN GMBH (Germany).

"Method and device for producing a rolling bearing cage from a sleeve-like blank" was invented by Dennis Hahn (Solingen, Germany), Giovanni Sorrentino (Neuss, Germany) and Christian Schwahlen (Haan, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for producing an angular bearing cage from a sleeve-like blank. In order to significantly reduce the manufacturing costs compared to known solutions even for small series, the method comprises the following steps of: -Step A: providing a sleeve-like blank extending along an axis. -Step B: rolling a wall section...