ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,396, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to igus GmbH (Cologne, Germany).
"Statically optimized hybrid roller bearing" was invented by Horst Moshammer (Linz am Rhein, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing (1) for mounting on a cylindrical guide section (61), extending in a longitudinal direction, of a rail (6), is guided displaceably in a longitudinal direction rollers and sliding elements. The bearing (1) includes a housing which has a passageway that runs through the housing and in which a receiving channel for receiving the guide section (61) of the rail (6) is formed. The bearing (1) includes two rollers (8) which are spac...