ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,945, issued on March 17, was assigned to SPORT IMPORT GMBH (Edewecht, Germany).
"Pedal with adjustable rotation brake" was invented by Swen Lauer (Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The concept described herein relates to a pedal having a pedal body, a pedal axis which extends at least partly through the pedal body, wherein the pedal body is supported to be rotatable on the pedal axis, and an adjustable rotation brake which, during rotation of the pedal body, exerts an adjustable braking force on the pedal axis in order to brake the rotation of the pedal body when compared to an unbraked rotation."
The p...