ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,082, issued on May 6, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Bearing ring with sealing disc" was invented by Dietmar Kolb (Oberthulba, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing, in particular to a self-aligning roller bearing, with a fastener of a sealing disc, which fastener increases the load-bearing strength. The bearing includes a bearing ring with an annular sealing disc which is connected to one of the two bearing ring end surfaces by a fastener which have a shank and a head, which has an enlarged diameter with respect to the shank, and the respective shanks reach through the bore...