ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,024, issued on April 7, was assigned to Shimano Inc. (Osaka, Japan).
"Bicycle electric component setting system" was invented by Akinori Hashimoto (Osaka, Japan) and Takaya Masuda (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A master bicycle electric component includes a bicycle mounting part. The master bicycle electric component includes a master two-way wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly receive update information from an external terminal device that is not mounted to the bicycle."
The patent was filed on April 12, 2022, under Application No. 17/719,174.
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