US Patent Issued to SRAM DEUTSCHLAND on Sept. 30 for "Electromechanical rear derailleur for coaxial mounting" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,104, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbH (Schweinfurt, Germany).

"Electromechanical rear derailleur for coaxial mounting" was invented by Robert Boehm (Schonungen, Germany) and Sebastian Dueweling (Isny, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure describes an electromechanical rear derailleur for coaxial mounting on a rear wheel axis. The rear derailleur has a base member, a pivot mechanism, a movable member having a chain guiding arrangement, and an electromechanical drive for driving the pivot mechanism. The pivot mechanism connects the base member to the movable member. The chain guiding arrangeme...