US Patent Issued to KTM on July 14 for "Bicycle-assembly" (Austrian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,494, issued on July 14, was assigned to KTM AG (Mattighofen, Austria).

"Bicycle-assembly" was invented by Luca Pfaeffle (Mattsee, Austria) and Emrich Pasching (Maria Schmolln, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bicycle assembly includes a shock absorber with a first end and a second end, a link bracket with a first hinge connection for pivotably connecting to the first end of the shock absorber, and a second hinge connection for pivotably connecting to a bicycle frame. A first pivot axis runs through the first hinge connection, and a second pivot axis runs through the second hinge connection. In the installed state of the link ...