ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,021, issued on April 7, was assigned to Shimano Inc. (Osaka, Japan).
"Brake device for human-powered vehicle" was invented by Yasuhiro Nakashima (Sakai, Japan), Kiichiro Nagata (Sakai, Japan) and Hitoshi Takayama (Sakai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake device for a human-powered vehicle includes an input body, a brake, and a power converter. A driving force is input to the input body. The brake is configured to contact a rotational body of the human-powered vehicle. The power converter is configured to convert a rotational force of the input body to a force that moves the brake toward the rotational body. The power conve...