US Patent Issued to MAVIC GROUP on April 15 for "Automatic method for controlling in current-mode a motor for assisting with pedalling on an electrically assisted pedal cycle and electrically assisted pedal cycle intended to implement such a method" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,494, issued on April 15, was assigned to MAVIC GROUP (Epagny Metz-Tessy, France).

"Automatic method for controlling in current-mode a motor for assisting with pedalling on an electrically assisted pedal cycle and electrically assisted pedal cycle intended to implement such a method" was invented by Jean-Pierre Mercat (Chavanod, France) and Berenger Alexandre (Pringy, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic method for controlling in current-mode a motor for assisting with pedaling on an electrically assisted pedal cycle equipped with a sensor that measures a resultant force on its pedal and gear mechanism is provided, includ...