ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,557, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to K.W.H. Ciclosport Vertriebs GmbH (Grafelfing, Germany).

"Device for ascertaining data for determining a velocity of a vehicle, evaluation device, and method for this purpose" was invented by Georg Jahnen (Grafelfing, Germany) and Christian Becker (Grafelfing, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device for ascertaining data for determining a velocity of a vehicle having a magnet, which is attachable to a wheel and executes a circular movement upon rotation of the wheel. Furthermore, a sensor unit is provided for recording signals due to the circular movement of the ...