US Patent Issued to enviolo on June 23 for "Automatic control of a motor-assisted bicycle to achieve a desired ride objective of a rider" (Dutch, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,213, issued on June 23, was assigned to enviolo B.V. (Amsterdam).

"Automatic control of a motor-assisted bicycle to achieve a desired ride objective of a rider" was invented by David Hancock (Dallas), C.A. van den Ende (Amsterdam) and Kevin Kreidler (Round Rock, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electric bikes ("e-bikes") configured to achieve automatic and dynamic ride control based on a rider's desired ride objective without requiring direct physical inputs from the rider during the ride are disclosed. A rider specifies, via her mobile device or a device integrated with the e-bike, various input parameters representative of a de...