ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,272, issued on July 8, was assigned to SHIMANO INC. (Sakai, Japan).
"Bracket apparatus" was invented by Hiroshi Fujita (Sakai, Japan), Atsuhiro Emura (Sakai, Japan), Shota Suyama (Sakai, Japan) and Yusuke Oda (Sakai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bracket apparatus for mounting a derailleur to a frame of a human-powered vehicle comprises a bracket body and one of a restriction member and a restriction opening. The bracket body includes a frame attachment portion configured to be attached to the frame of the human-powered vehicle and a derailleur attachment portion to which the derailleur is to be attached. The restriction memb...