ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,600, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Method for operating a vehicle operable by motor power and/or pedal power, and vehicle" was invented by Daniel Baumgaertner (Tuebingen, Germany) and Juergen Stegmaier (Wannweil, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a vehicle operable by motor power and/or pedal power, in particular, an electric bicycle. The vehicle includes an electric drive, a crank mechanism, at least one torque sensor, which is configured to detect a torque applied by a rider onto the crank mechanism, in the form of a multitude of torque measuring signals, and a...