US Patent Issued to Friedrichshafen on May 13 for "Bottom bracket gear mechanism of planetary design for a bicycle or a pedelec" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,919, issued on May 13, was assigned to Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

"Bottom bracket gear mechanism of planetary design for a bicycle or a pedelec" was invented by Stefan Beck (Eriskirch, Germany), Michael Wechs (WeiBensberg, Germany), Fabian Kutter (Kressbronn, Germany), Thomas Martin (Weissensberg, Germany), Mladjan Radic (Lonsee, Germany), Thomas Riedisser (Sigmarszell, Germany) and Hagen Doepfert (Lindau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bottom bracket planetary gear mechanism for a bicycle or a pedelec includes a gear mechanism shifting group having first and second planetary gear sets and first, second,...