US Patent Issued to SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS on June 17 for "Bearing block and method of forming" (Florida, Massachusetts, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,780, issued on June 17, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS INC. (Worcester, Mass.).

"Bearing block and method of forming" was invented by Julio Cesar T. Spadaccia (Windermere, Fla.), Ethan Weikleenget (Quaker Hill, Conn.), Brian K. Malpass (Auburn, Mass.) and Raymond J. Remillard (Oxford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing block can include a body including an exterior surface and an interior surface defining a central bore of the body. The exterior surface can include a first material, and the interior surface can include a second material, wherein the first material can be different than the second materia...