ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,101, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Aph ePower Co. Ltd. (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

"Electric power-assist bicycle and electric energy management method for electric power-assist bicycle" was invented by Chien-Hsun Wu (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Hsiu-Hsien Su (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) and Shang-Zeng Huang (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric power-assist bicycle and an electric energy management method for the electric power-assist bicycle are provided. The electric power-assist bicycle includes a crank, a motor, a battery module, and a computing circuit. The crank is applied with a pedaling force to provide a plurality of...