ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,415, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to NTN Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Cage and ball bearing" was invented by Goro Nakao (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cage is provided which is less likely to be deformed by a centrifugal force, and in which the strength of a weld is less likely to decrease. Each horn portion includes a base wall axially connected to a ring portion, and located between pockets, and a pair of claws separated from each other. The pair of claws each has a pocket inner surface facing the pocket, and an opposed surface on the side opposite from the pocket inner surface. The base wall includes a pair of conn...