ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,458, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to TIEN HSIN INDUSTRIES Co. LTD. (Taichung City, Taiwan).
"Hub motor" was invented by Chun-Wei Chen (Taichung City, Taiwan), Chang-Chun Kao (Taichung City, Taiwan), Chien-Mo Lu (Taichung City, Taiwan), Chin-Wen Ou (Taichung City, Taiwan), Yu-Chen Wu (Taichung City, Taiwan) and Ming-Lan Ou (Taichung City, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hub motor includes an axle, a rotor, a stator, and a casing. The axle is fixed to a frame of a bicycle. The rotor is sleeved on the axle and pivots with the axle. The stator is fixed to the axle and adjacent to the rotor. The casing is sleeved on the axle an...