US Patent Issued to Razor USA on Sept. 30 for "Motorized mid-drive unit" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,102, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Razor USA LLC (Cerritos, Calif.).

"Motorized mid-drive unit" was invented by Robert Chen (Cerritos, Calif.), Yau Wang (Cerritos, Calif.) and Louis Lu (Cerritos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle may include a pedal assembly, a motor assembly, and a drive unit that may be used to allow selective usage of one or both of the pedal assembly and the motor assembly to convey power to a driven wheel of the vehicle. The drive unit can include a gearbox that may enclose components which form at least part of a first power path between the pedal assembly and the driven wheel and a second ...