ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,329, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Gates Corp. (Denver).

"Drive system and remote control" was invented by Jan Klein (Tampere, Finland) and Iiro Peltola (Tampere, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive system and remote control for a light electric vehicle. The drive system includes a power unit, a main gearing connected to the power unit and a remote control connect to the power unit. The power unit includes an assist motor arranged to provide torque output to a torsion shaft of the light electric vehicle, and a control motor arranged to adjust transmission ration of the main gearing. The remote control further includes...