ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,922, issued on May 13, was assigned to NOVA PROGETTI S.R.L. (Turin, Italy).
"Actuation system for a pedal-actuated electric vehicle" was invented by Gualtiero Scuderi (Grugliasco, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuation and traction system for a pedal-actuated electric vehicle like electric bicycle, electric tricycle, or electric quadricycle comprises an electric motor, a transmission comprising an epicyclic device and a variable speed drive actuated independently of the pedals wherein the variable speed drive comprises an actuator that discretizes the ratio, and two expandable pulleys wherein the transmission of the motion...