ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,277, issued on March 3, was assigned to StaCyc LLC (Fort Worth, Texas).

"Battery support frame for a bicycle" was invented by Robert Ryan Ragland (Brock, Texas), Lawrence Michael Paige (Springtown, Texas) and Jamie Richard Beckett (Aledo, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery mount includes a first portion, a second portion selectively coupled to the first portion, a battery connection interface defined by the first and second portions, and a connection terminal supported within the battery connection interface. A battery support frame defines a support rail configured to be positioned within the battery connection interface...