ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,001, issued on April 29, was assigned to JTEKT Bearings North America LLC (Greenville, S.C.).
"Roller bearing assembly" was invented by Scott Abrahamson (Piedmont, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roller bearing assembly including an tapered inner cup defining an inner raceway, an tapered outer cup defining an outer raceway, the outer raceway having a convex profile, the convex profile being defined by an intersection of the outer raceway and a central plane in which a longitudinal center axis of the roller bearing assembly lies, and a plurality of straight rollers disposed between the tapered inner cup and the tapered outer cup ...