US Patent Issued to SHIMANO on Oct. 14 for "Bracket apparatus and bracket assembly" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,435, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SHIMANO INC. (Sakai, Japan).

"Bracket apparatus and bracket assembly" was invented by Hiroshi Fujita (Sakai, Japan), Atsuhiro Emura (Sakai, Japan), Shota Suyama (Sakai, Japan), Dai Yokozawa (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 frame attachment portion, a derailleur attachment portion spaced apart from the frame attachment portion, and a component attachment portion spaced apart from the frame attachment portion and the derailleur attachment portion."

The patent ...