ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,158, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to ORBEA, S. COOP. (Mallabia, Spain).
"Freewheel system for a bicycle hub" was invented by Juan Carlos Cambronero Gonzalez (Mallabia, Spain) and Luis Serrano Fuentes (Mallabia, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A freewheel system for a bicycle hub, comprising an inner ratchet fixed to a hub body and an outer ratchet fixed to a freehub. This system is particular in that an internal surface of the inner ratchet is coupled to an external surface of a connection shell joined to the body, where a diameter of the internal surface of the connection shell is larger than a diameter of a bearing connecti...