ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,542, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Porsche eBike Performance GmbH (Ottobrunn, Germany).

"Drive device for an electric bicycle and electric bicycle" was invented by Johannes Biechele (Ottobrunn, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment a driving device for an electric bicycle includes a motor unit having an electric motor configured to drive the electric bicycle, a first gear stage and a second gear stage, wherein the first gear stage is coupled to the motor unit on the one hand to the second gear stage on the other hand, wherein the second gear stage is configured to output a torque configured to drive the electri...