US Patent Issued to Mahle International on March 31 for "Electric motor device for pedal assist bicycles" (Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. RE50,845, issued on March 31, was assigned to Mahle International GmbH (Germany).

"Electric motor device for pedal assist bicycles" was invented by Marco Antonio De La Serna Gonzalez (Palencia, Spain), Jose Vicente Franco Revilla (Palencia, Spain) and Jose Joaquin Cortes Lopez (Palencia, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric motor device for pedal assist bicycles may include an electric motor connectable to a rear wheel rim of a bicycle, a pedaling sensor connectable to a hanger of a frame of the bicycle, a charging outlet, a control unit, and a block insertable into an oblique main tube of the frame. The electric motor may incl...