US Patent Issued to SRAM on Jan. 27 for "Motor as a sound generating device for user notification on a bicycle" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,155, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SRAM LLC (Chicago).

"Motor as a sound generating device for user notification on a bicycle" was invented by Sage Hahn (Chicago) and Kyle Hagerman (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motorized component for a bicycle includes a motor, a power source configured to generate current for the motor, and a processor. The processor is configured to identify a state of the bicycle and, based on the identified state of the bicycle, generate an audio notification. The generation of the audio notification includes control of the current from the power source to the motor, such that a periodic current...