ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,943, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to TEDDY FORMOSA Co. LTD. (Taichung, Taiwan) and BEAR Corp. (Norwalk, Calif.).
"Driving mechanism of bicycle free-coaster hub" was invented by George French (Sheffield, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving mechanism of a bicycle free-coaster hub includes a driving assembly, a clutch assembly, an epicyclic gear assembly, a resisting member, and forward drag and reverse drag members. The clutch assembly includes an output clutch unit disposed inner the hub and an input clutch unit disposed with the driving assembly to form a clutching or engaging state with the output clutch unit. ...