ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,983, issued on Oct. 28, 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 Haruhiko Hasegawa (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The rolling bearing includes an inner ring and an outer ring that are disposed coaxially with each other, a rolling body that is disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring, and a resin cover that is mounted on the outer ring. The outer ring has an outer circumferential surface that faces an opposite side of the inner ring, and a...