ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,125, issued on July 29, was assigned to Shimano Inc. (Osaka, Japan).
"Human-powered vehicle control device" was invented by Satoshi Shahana (Osaka, Japan), Mitsuhiko Kawasaki (Osaka, Japan), Toru Takayanagi (Osaka, Japan), Hayato Shimazu (Osaka, Japan) and Hironori Yamazaki (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A human-powered vehicle control device includes an electronic controller configured to control a motor to drive a transmission body with the motor and operate the transmission body with a derailleur to perform a shifting action that changes the transmission ratio in a case where a crank axle is stopped. The electronic c...