US Patent Issued to EFESTO on Feb. 10 for "Hybrid-drive motorcycle and hybridization kit for a motorcycle" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,355, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to EFESTO SARL (Paris).

"Hybrid-drive motorcycle and hybridization kit for a motorcycle" was invented by Luca Morfino (Pino Torinese, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid-drive motorcycle comprising an endothermic engine, a rear wheel connected to a carrier structure through a swingarm, a gearbox connected to the endothermic engine through a primary transmission and to the rear wheel through a secondary transmission, and a reversible electric machine, wherein an auxiliary transmission connects the electric machine to an input shaft of the secondary transmission, and wherein the electric m...