ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,310, issued on July 8, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Plastic cage, in particular for an inner-ring-fastened roller sleeve" was invented by Stefan Wachtler (Herzogenaurach, Germany), Robert Dressel (Gremsdorf, Germany) and Alfred Hock (Hochstadt/Aisch, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plastic cage consists of two side rings that have a common axis of rotation and are axially spaced apart from one another, and a plurality of cage webs that connect the side rings to one another and between which pockets are formed for receiving rolling elements, wherein the plastic cage is axially...