ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,002, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to JTEKT Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Tapered roller bearing" was invented by Youzou Taniguchi (Kashihara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recess is provided in the large-diameter annular portion of a cage of a tapered roller bearing. A first clearance between the large-diameter annular portion and the outer ring is smaller than a second clearance between the small-diameter annular portion and the outer ring. The large-diameter annular portion includes, in its outer periphery, a tilted surface whose diameter increases toward the other side in an axial direction. The tilted surface faces an inner...