ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,941, issued on March 17, was assigned to CLASSIFIED CYCLING B.V. (Antwerp, Belgium).
"Control device for a bicycle" was invented by Roell Marie Van Druten (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a control device (60A, 60B) for a bicycle (1000), comprising a support body (2) for being fixed to a handlebar (33) of the bicycle (1000), a lever (3) movably arranged relative to the support body (2), and a sensing device arranged to transmit a signal upon actuation thereof. The lever (3) is movable relative to the support body (2) from a neutral position to a braking position for initiating a brakin...