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

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,332, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Shimano Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Control system and control device for human-powered vehicle" was invented by Satoshi Idogaki (Osaka, Japan), Tadaharu Kurotobi (Osaka, Japan) and Koji Yuasa (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system is provided for controlling an electrical component of a human-powered vehicle in accordance with a swivel state of a riding portion and a carrier. The control system includes a sensor, an electrical component and an electronic controller. The sensor is configured to output a signal corresponding to a pivot angle of a pivot portion provided between t...