ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,671, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Bearing assembly" was invented by Dennis Roffe (Fort Mill, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing assembly includes a housing having an annular interior portion and a bearing cartridge disposed radially inboard of the annular interior portion. The bearing cartridge includes a bearing that includes an inner ring, an outer ring, and a plurality of rolling elements disposed radially between the inner and outer rings, a washer engaged with the bearing and having a retention tab, and a spring that is retained in engagement with the...