ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,184, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SHIMANO INC. (Sakai, Japan).

"Electric device of human-powered vehicle" was invented by Hiroshi Matsuda (Sakai, Japan), Tomohiro Kondo (Sakai, Japan) and Toru Takayanagi (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric device comprises wireless communicator circuitry and electronic controller circuitry. The wireless communicator circuitry is configured to wirelessly communicate with first wireless communicator circuitry of a first electric device using a first communication protocol. The wireless communicator circuitry is configured to wirelessly communicate with second wireless communi...