ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,194, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Porsche eBike Performance GmbH (Ottobrunn, Germany).

"Bicycle comprising a steering unit" was invented by Dennis Fischer (Hirschhorn, Germany), Mikel Fauri (Ludwigsburg, Germany) and Stefan Bender (Loechgau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering unit (1) is provided for a bicycle (2), in particular for an electric bicycle, and a bicycle (2) equipped with the steering unit (1) also is provided. The steering unit (1) has handle bars (3) for connecting the steering unit (1) to the bicycle (2). At least one handle (4) is arranged and/or formed on the handle bars (3) for gripping with a ...