ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,881, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Pyeongtaek, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for driving electric bicycle" was invented by In Ha Paick (Seoul, South Korea), Seung Kyung Lee (Anyang, South Korea) and Kyung Ho Hong (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a boosting mode of an electric bicycle, and has the effect of enabling safe operation of the electric bicycle while providing a necessary acceleration force by preventing a sudden acceleration not intended by a user by double determining the user's intention when rapid acceleration is required, such as when starting ...