US Patent Issued to Roller Bearing Company of America on July 1 for "Single slot loader slot bearing" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,291, issued on July 1, was assigned to Roller Bearing Co. of America Inc. (Oxford, Conn.).

"Single slot loader slot bearing" was invented by Jonathan Spiegel (Oxford, Conn.), Stephen Sorgenti (Oxford, Conn.) and Jackson Sarneski-Hayes (Oxford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A loader slot bearing includes a housing and a truncated ball. The housing has an interior area that is defined by an inner bearing surface which has a concave contour defining a circumference. A single slot extends axially partway into the inner bearing surface and has a slot arc section area extending axially inward. The slot arc section area has a first ci...