ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,871, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Rolling bearing with discharge element" was invented by Kleberson Sierra (Sorocaba, Brazil).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Rolling bearings may include outer and inner rings defining races, rolling elements which maintain rolling contact between the races, a cage holding the rolling elements, and discharge elements. The cage may include cage-halves which are joined together. The cage-halves may define semi-circle portions which hold the rolling elements and to which the discharge elements are fixed and may also define rib portions. Th...