US Patent Issued to GIANT MANUFACTURING on April 15 for "Self-powered apparatus, bicycle and indoor exercise bike" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,547, issued on April 15, was assigned to GIANT MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Taichung, Taiwan).

"Self-powered apparatus, bicycle and indoor exercise bike" was invented by Ching-Yao Lin (Taichung, Taiwan), Hsiao-Wen Hsu (Taichung, Taiwan) and Chin-Lai Huang (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-powered apparatus is used for various kinds of cycling and indoor exercise devices. The self-powered apparatus includes a pedal unit, a spindle, a generator and an energy storage element. The pedal unit includes an inner surface to form an accommodating space therein. The spindle is accommodated in the accommodating space. The genera...