ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,492, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to MAHLE International GmbH (Germany).

"Motor device for an electric bicycle" was invented by Ivan Anton (Valladolid, Spain), Marco Antonio De La Serna Gonzalez (Palencia, Spain), Jose Vicente Franco Revilla (Palencia, Spain), Gonzalo Garcia Sanchez (Cordova, Spain), Carlos Gonzalez De Juan (Valladolid, Spain), Jaume Jumbert (Juneda, Spain) and Sergio Perez (Alicante, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor device for an electric bicycle may include an electric motor, a first connector unit, and/or a second connector unit. The electric motor may include an axis of rotation. The first connector ...