ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,192, issued on May 13, was assigned to BIKONE BEARINGS S.L. (Saragossa, Spain).
"Force sensor for the bottom bracket of a bicycle" was invented by Javier Salvador Lou (Saragossa, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A force sensor is disclosed for the bottom bracket of a bicycle, designed as a hollow cylindrical piece divided into an outer ring with an indentation along the entire perimeter thereof to accommodate a mechanical stop, an inner ring and a central ring with at least four openings disposed around the perimeter and which are positioned such that they form four arms, two identical arms having a larger arc in the vertical axi...