US Patent Issued to Live Wire EV on June 2 for "Electric motorcycle" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,622, issued on June 2, was assigned to Live Wire EV LLC (Milwaukee).

"Electric motorcycle" was invented by Eric Konkel (Hartland, Wis.), Samuel Nicholas Reitinger (Wauwatosa, Wis.), Erik James Lewis (Waukesha, Wis.), Mark Gales (Franklin, Wis.) and Matthew Anchor (Elm Grove, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric motorcycle including an electric motor having a transverse oriented rotation axis, the motor including a case. A rear wheel is drivably coupled to the motor for propulsion. A swingarm has a front end defining a swingarm pivot axis. A battery pack includes a plurality of rechargeable electrochemical cells received wit...