ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,512, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Shimano Inc. (Osaka, Japan).
"Bicycle operation device" was invented by Atsushi Komatsu (Osaka, Japan), Takehiko Nakajima (Osaka, Japan) and Takafumi Nishino (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bicycle operation device includes a clamp, an operation unit and a wireless communicator. The clamp is attachable to a handlebar of a bicycle. The operation unit includes a housing having an upper housing portion and a lower housing portion. The upper housing portion is located above the lower housing portion in a state in which the bicycle operation device is attached to the handlebar. The wi...