US Patent Issued to ZF Friedrichshafen on Sept. 15 for "Drive assembly for a bicycle, and bicycle" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,143, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

"Drive assembly for a bicycle, and bicycle" was invented by Peter Ziemer (Bad Woerishofen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a drive assembly (100; 200; 300; 400; 500) for a bicycle. The drive assembly (100; 200; 300; 400; 500) has a bottom bracket gearbox (10), a prime mover (18) and a planetary assembly (110, 412). The planetary assembly (110, 412) includes a first planetary gear set (110) having a first rotary element, a second rotary element and a third rotary element. The drive assembly (100; 200; 300...