ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,716, issued on May 13, was assigned to US Synthetic Corp. (Orem, Utah).

"Bearing assemblies, apparatuses, and methods including bearing elements" was invented by Tyler Kolste (American Fork, Utah), Daryl Wise (Provo, Utah) and S. Barrett Peterson (Orem, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Bearing assemblies, apparatuses, systems, and methods include bearing assemblies where one of the bearing assemblies may include bearing surfaces defining an at least partially conical surface."

The patent was filed on Nov. 6, 2023, under Application No. 18/502,624.

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