US Patent Issued to Porsche eBike Performance on Dec. 16 for "Sensor unit and drive device for an electric bicycle and electric bicycle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,130, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Porsche eBike Performance GmbH (Ottobrunn, Germany).

"Sensor unit and drive device for an electric bicycle and electric bicycle" was invented by Johannes Biechele (Ottobrunn, Germany), Klaus Drost (Ottobrunn, Germany) and Julius Thorwart (Ottobrunn, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment a sensor unit includes a hub axle connectable to an electric motor of a drive device of an electric bicycle, a housing element rotatable about an axis of rotation and configured to form a part of a motor housing for the electric motor, wherein the housing element is coupled to the hub axle and ...