ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,455, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Method and device for activating a drive of a pedal-operated vehicle" was invented by Matthias Weinmann (Balingen, Germany), Daniel Baumgaertner (Tuebingen, Germany) and Merlin Martin Manewald (Reutlingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a device for controlling an additional electric or motor drive of a vehicle that can be driven at least partially by the rider using a pedal drive. To derive the control of the drive, at least one first rotational movement variable is detected that represents the rotational movement of the pedals or t...