US Patent Issued to SHIMANO on April 7 for "Disc brake caliper of human-powered vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,020, issued on April 7, was assigned to SHIMANO INC. (Sakai, Japan).

"Disc brake caliper of human-powered vehicle" was invented by Kazuya Kuwayama (Sakai City, Japan), Takahiro Tabata (Sakai City, Japan), Ryosuke Habara (Sakai City, Japan), Takanori Yoshida (Sakai City, Japan) and Yusuke Hosomi (Sakai City, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disc brake caliper of a human-powered vehicle comprises a caliper body and a first piston. The caliper body includes a first hole. The first piston is movably provided in the first hole. The first piston has a first outer diameter. The first outer diameter is larger than or equal to 19 mm." ...