US Patent Issued to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management on Feb. 3 for "Motor unit with improved heat dissipation capability for use in electric bicycles" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,937, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Motor unit with improved heat dissipation capability for use in electric bicycles" was invented by Masato Nishimori (Hyogo, Japan), Masafumi Kawakami (Nara, Japan), Ryohei Adachi (Nara, Japan), Fuhito Umegaki (Osaka, Japan) and Takehiro Yamaguchi (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor unit for use in an electric bicycle, the motor unit including a motor configured to drive a wheel of the electric bicycle in rotation. The motor unit includes a shell which at least partially houses the motor. The motor includes a rot...