ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,082, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to SHIMANO INC. (Sakai, Japan).
"Bicycle sprocket" was invented by Akinobu Sugimoto (Sakai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bicycle sprocket includes a plurality of sprocket teeth. The plurality of sprocket teeth includes at least one first tooth and at least one second tooth. The at least one first tooth has a first radial-tooth height. The at least one first tooth has a first chain-engaging axial width which is smaller than a first distance defined between opposed outer link plates of the bicycle chain and which is larger than a second distance defined between opposed inner link plates of...