ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,490, issued on June 16, was assigned to Ang Juen Ltd. Co. (Taichung City, Taiwan).
"Bicycle hub" was invented by Yun-Fen Lee (Taichung City, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bicycle hub includes an axle and a hub body disposed on the axle and having an abutting portion and an inner bevel gear in an end portion of the hub body. A ratchet seat rotatably fits around the axle and includes a freehub body and an insertion tube inserted into the end portion of the hub body. An outer bevel gear fits around the insertion tube to be slidable only in an axial direction, meshes the inner bevel gear, and is abutted by the abutting portion ...