ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,266, issued on July 22, was assigned to MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc. (Nagano, Japan).
"Rolling bearing" was invented by Atsushi Kitamura (Nagano, Japan), Shigeyuki Adachi (Nagano, Japan) and Toshiaki Asakawa (Nagano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rolling bearing includes an outer ring having a predetermined rotation axis; an inner ring disposed coaxially with the outer ring and situated on an inner peripheral side of the outer ring; multiple rolling elements disposed between the outer ring and the inner ring; and a strain gauge disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the outer ring or an inner peripheral surface of the inner ring...