ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,491, issued on April 15, was assigned to SHIMANO INC. (Sakai, Japan).
"Bicycle motor unit and bicycle derailleur" was invented by Satoshi Fujii (Sakai, Japan), Shota Suyama (Sakai, Japan), Takeshi Ueda (Sakai, Japan), Atsuhiro Emura (Sakai, Japan), Mitsuo Hashimoto (Saitama, Japan) and Ken Kamiishi (Saitama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bicycle motor unit comprises an electric motor and a transmitting structure. The electric motor is configured to generate a driving force. The transmitting structure is coupled to the electric motor to transmit the driving force from the electric motor to an actuated device of a bicycle. The ...