ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,009, issued on April 29, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Rolling bearing apparatus" was invented by Alexander Schamin (Oberasbach, Germany) and Sebastian Giehl (Burgebrach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rolling bearing apparatus includes a rolling bearing, a seal, first and second machine elements and a bypass apparatus. The rolling bearing includes a concentrically arranged first bearing ring and second bearing ring, and rolling elements arranged radially between the first bearing ring and the second bearing ring. The seal is arranged radially between the first bearing ring a...