ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,998, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Multiple guidance cage for a bearing" was invented by Guihui Zhong (Charlotte, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multiple guidance cage for a bearing includes an axis, and a cylindrical ring extending around the axis. The cylindrical ring includes a plurality of partial spherical cutouts distributed circumferentially about the cylindrical ring, and a plurality of segments. Each one of the plurality of segments is disposed between a pair of the plurality of partial spherical cutouts. Each of the plurality of partial spherical cu...