ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,487, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Razor USA LLC (Cerritos, Calif.).

"Electric balance vehicles" was invented by Weibin Chen (Cerritos, Calif.), Zhiwei Huang (Cerritos, Calif.), Yufeng Wang (Cerritos, Calif.), Hnolai Guo (Cerritos, Calif.) and Xiaoting Xia (Cerritos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various electric balance vehicles are described. In some embodiments, the vehicle has first and second pedal housings to support a respective foot of a user. The first and second pedal housings can be rotatable relative to each other. The vehicle can have first and second wheel assemblies. An axle can extend substantially betwee...