US Patent Issued to Seiko Instruments on June 24 for "Rolling bearing, rotating device, and method for manufacturing rolling bearing" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,860, issued on June 24, 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), Haruhiko Hasegawa (Chiba, Japan) and Daisuke Kobayashi (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a rolling bearing that can both ensure durability and reduce rotational resistance. The rolling bearing includes a seal member that is mounted on an outer ring and that covers a space between an inner ring and the outer ring from an outer side in an axial direction, and grease disposed betwe...