ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,480, issued on June 10, was assigned to Canyon Bicycles GmbH (Koblenz, Germany).
"Bicycle frame element" was invented by Matthias Hensolt (Koblenz, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bicycle frame element includes a frame tube, such as a downtube. The same forms an accommodation space for accommodating a battery. Further, a channel element is arranged in particular in the frame tube, which extends in the longitudinal direction of the frame tube, and serves to accommodate cables, wires, hydraulic lines and the like. To simplify the mounting, the channel element can be closed with a cover element. The cover element is held so as ...