ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,173, issued on June 10, was assigned to SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. (Chiba, Japan).

"Rolling bearing, rotating device, and method for manufacturing rolling bearing" was invented by Akihiro Iino (Chiba, Japan), Takayuki Kosaka (Chiba, Japan) and Keisuke Abo (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a rolling bearing and a rotating device which can reduce problems due to creep or the like, and a method for manufacturing a rolling bearing. A rolling bearing includes: an inner ring and an outer ring disposed coaxially with each other; and a rolling element disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring. A coating film is for...