ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,734, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to ENVE COMPOSITES LLC (Ogden, Utah).
"Bicycle drive assembly" was invented by Kevin E. Nelson (Salt Lake City).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bicycle drive assembly may include an axle, a hub shell rotatably mounted on the axle by a first bearing, a free hub rotatably mounted on the axle by a second bearing, and a ratchet mechanism releasably coupling the free hub to the hub shell to transmit torque from the free hub to the hub. The ratchet mechanism may include a first ratchet ring having an inner surface joined to the hub shell for rotation with the hub shell and a second ratchet ring having an ...