ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,122, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Foshan Shunde Mingsheng Hardware Plastic Technology Co. Ltd. (Foshan, China).

"Self-balancing vehicle" was invented by Shigang Bai (Foshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-balancing vehicle includes: a pedal base and a control rod, a lower portion of the control rod is provided with a steering shaft capable of rotating along with swinging of the control rod, and the steering shaft is rotatably connected with the pedal base. The self-balancing vehicle further includes: a transmission member and a mainboard box used to install a control mainboard; the transmission member is connected ...