ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,268, issued on July 8, was assigned to TEKTRO TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Changhua County, Taiwan).

"Bicycle component and pairing method thereof" was invented by Chia-Hao Yang (Changhua County, Taiwan) and Hsun-Yu Chuang (Changhua County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bicycle component comprises a main body and a controller. The main body comprises an attaching portion configured to attach to a bicycle. The controller is disposed in the main body, wherein the controller is configured to electrically connect to one of a first power source and a second power source, the first power source and the second power source are different in an...