US Patent Issued to eBikeLabs on Feb. 24 for "System for adapting the control of an electric bicycle motor to the resistance to forward travel" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,196, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to eBikeLabs (Grenoble, France).

"System for adapting the control of an electric bicycle motor to the resistance to forward travel" was invented by Leonard Jaillet (Grenoble, France) and Remi Bouju (Saint Egreve, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling an electric motor of a pedal-operated vehicle, comprising the steps of measuring a pedal torque applied to a crankset of the vehicle; applying to the electric motor a control proportional to the product of the torque and a variable assistance level; determining a parameter indicative of a devi...