ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,982, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to SUZHOU WANJIA ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Jiangsu, China).
"Centrally-mounted drive mechanism used for power-assisted bicycle, and power-assisted bicycle" was invented by Fuming Huang (Suzhou, China), Junning Huang (Suzhou, China), Cheng Ma (Suzhou, China), Hualin Cai (Suzhou, China) and Junhui Yu (Suzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A centrally-mounted drive mechanism used for a power-assisted bicycle, and a power-assisted bicycle are provided. The centrally-mounted drive mechanism includes an outer casing, an electric motor, a planetary gear mechanism in a transmission connection with an outp...