US Patent Issued to thyssenkrupp rothe erde Germany, thyssenkrupp on June 17 for "Rolling bearing having position-determining device" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,272, issued on June 17, was assigned to thyssenkrupp rothe erde Germany GmbH (Dortmund, Germany) and thyssenkrupp AG (Essen, Germany).

"Rolling bearing having position-determining device" was invented by Gunther Elfert (Erwitte, Germany) and Bernd Stakemeier (Erwitte, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rolling bearing may have at least two bearing rings arranged rotatably relative to each other, at least one row of rolling elements arranged such that they can roll between the bearing rings, and a position-determining device for determining an absolute angular position of the bearing rings relative to each other. The position-de...