US Patent Issued to MAVIC GROUP on April 21 for "Gear motor and associated cycle" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,272, issued on April 21, was assigned to MAVIC GROUP (Chavanod, France).

"Gear motor and associated cycle" was invented by Jean-Pierre Mercat (Chavanod, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gear motor of an electrical assistance device, in particular for a cycle, includes a gear reducer and an electric motor including a stator and a rotor integral in rotation with a shaft forming the input of the gear reducer. The gear reducer includes a toothed crown integral with the stator, a satellite-carrier fitted to pivot around the shaft, and forming the output of the gear reducer, at least two planet wheels fitted firstly on respective e...