ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,039, issued on May 27, was assigned to Shimano Inc. (Sakai, Japan).
"Bicycle telescopic apparatus" was invented by Toyoto Shirai (Sakai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bicycle telescopic apparatus includes a first tube having a receiving space, a second tube telescopically received in the receiving space of the first tube, a position detector configured to detect a relative position between the first tube and the second tube in a longitudinal direction of the bicycle telescopic apparatus, and an output device configured to output a signal based on a detected result of the position detector. The signal can control a bicycle co...