ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,591, issued on July 15, was assigned to DA SHIANG TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

"Transmission structure of mid-drive motor" was invented by Hao Lun Huang (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Chun Cheng Wang (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Hsiao Yu Wang (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transmission structure of a mid-drive motor has a shell, an output axle, a motor unit, and a clutch assembly. The clutch assembly has a driving ring, a clutch gear, an output gear, and a pressing device. The driving ring is connected to the motor unit. The output gear is connected to the output axle and is detachably connected to the clutch gear. The pres...