US Patent Issued to Shimano on Oct. 28 for "Control device for human-powered vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,331, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Shimano Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Control device for human-powered vehicle" was invented by Satoshi Shahana (Osaka, Japan), Toru Takayanagi (Osaka, Japan), Takeshi Ueda (Osaka, Japan), Atsuhiro Emura (Osaka, Japan) and Hayato Shimazu (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device for a human-powered vehicle includes an electronic controller. The human-powered vehicle includes a motor that applies a propulsion force to the human-powered vehicle and a transmission that shifts a transmission ratio of the human-powered vehicle between a plurality of shift stages. The electronic controlle...