ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,560, issued on April 8, was assigned to Shimano Inc. (Osaka, Japan).
"Human-powered vehicle control device" was invented by Satoshi Shahana (Osaka, Japan) and Hitoshi Takayama (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A human-powered vehicle control device for a human-powered vehicle comprises an electronic controller. The electronic controller is configured to control a motor, which applies a propulsion force to the human-powered vehicle, in accordance with a human driving force input to the human-powered vehicle. The electronic controller is configured to control the motor to change at least one of a maximum value of an output o...