ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,197, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to ABUS August Bremicker Sohne KG (Wetter-Volmarstein, Germany).
"Lock" was invented by Manuel Banse (Herborn, Germany) and Stefan Heinemann (Wetter, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lock, in particular for an electric bicycle, includes a locking mechanism that has a latch that is movable between a latched position, which is provided for securing a counter-piece movable relative to the locking mechanism, and an unlatched position provided for releasing the counter-piece. The lock includes a blocking device, including a blocking element that is adjustable between a blocking position, in whi...