ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,880, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Canyon Bicycles GmbH (Koblenz, Germany).
"Operating device for a height-adjustable seatpost tube" was invented by Alexander Lawundy (Bonn, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An operating device for a height-adjustable seatpost tube including a lifting magnet. The lifting magnet has a magnetic core surrounded by a coil. The magnetic core cooperates with an actuating device of a lifting device, the lifting device being a pneumatic lifting device for height-adjustment of the seatpost tube and thus for heigh-adjustment of the seat, for example."
The patent was filed on Sept. 29, 2022, under ...