US Patent Issued to SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS on March 4 for "Bearing for partially spherical component and method of making and using the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,503, issued on March 4, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS Corp. (Solon, Ohio).

"Bearing for partially spherical component and method of making and using the same" was invented by JunYoung Park (Gwangmyeong, South Korea), Eunhee Jang (Incheon, South Korea) and Seungchul Jun (Gimpo-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing for an at least partially spherical component, the bearing including a first portion and a complementary second portion integral with the first portion and joined by a folded-over bridge portion, the first portion and the second portion each including an arcuate inner surface, where the...