ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,436, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SHIMANO INC. (Sakai, Japan).
"Bracket apparatus" was invented by Hiroshi Fujita (Sakai, Japan), Atsuhiro Emura (Sakai, Japan), Yuki Sakagawa (Sakai, Japan) and Dai Yokozawa (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. The bracket body includes a frame attachment portion configured to be attached to the frame of the human-powered vehicle, a derailleur attachment portion to which the derailleur is to be attached, and a cable groove in which a cable is to be at least partly provided."
The...