ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,334, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method for controlling a gear shifting means of a bicycle" was invented by Juergen Stegmaier (Wannweil, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling a gear shifting means or mechanism of a bicycle is disclosed. A reference shifting point is ascertained such that, when a gear change occurs at the reference shifting point, a change in pedaling frequency caused by the gear change is symmetrical to a reference pedaling frequency."

The patent was filed on July 23, 2024, under Application No. 18/781,553.

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