ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,766, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Method for immobilization, clutch, vehicle transmission, drive unit, and vehicle" was invented by Vladislav Yulish (Reutlingen, Germany), Sigmund Braun (Kusterdingen, Germany) and Conrad Haeussermann (Trochtelfingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for immobilizing a vehicle, in particular an electric bicycle. A drive train of the vehicle includes a clutch that includes a first clutch component and a second clutch component that are situated coaxially with respect to one another and configured to be rotatably fixedly connected to one anot...