ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,421, issued on July 22.
"Electrical derailleur brake shifter" was invented by Hazem Nihad Hamed (New Smyrna Beach, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bicycle derailleur brake shifter making use of three pushbuttons disposed in shifter brake lever and two microswitches cloaked under the shifter housing hood for a total of five switches each with programming functionality including shifting to manual, automatic and tandem modes, conventional shift ability where a rear derailleur or a front derailleur shift to a higher or lower sprocket or chain ring, drop shift ability where a rear derailleur and a front derailleur shift to a pre-de...