ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,675, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Liebherr-Components Biberach GmbH (Biberach an der Riss, Germany).
"Rolling bearing and intermediate piece therefor" was invented by Thomas Altmayer (Gutenzell-Hurbel, Germany) and Lennart Schierholz (Biberach an der Riss, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a rolling bearing having two concentric raceways between which there are provided, in a bearing gap, a plurality of rolling bodies which roll on at least two tracks, wherein intermediate pieces which keep the rolling bodies spaced apart from one another are provided between the rolling bodies, wherein the intermediate p...