US Patent Issued to Shimano on Dec. 16 for "Drive unit for human-powered vehicle, drive system for human-powered vehicle, and battery unit for human-powered vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,131, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Shimano Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Drive unit for human-powered vehicle, drive system for human-powered vehicle, and battery unit for human-powered vehicle" was invented by Kento Mitsuyasu (Osaka, Japan), Shinichiro Noda (Osaka, Japan) and Toshio Tetsuka (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive unit configured to be provided to a human-powered vehicle. The drive unit includes a base on which a crankshaft is provided, a frame mount provided on the base, and a guide provided on the base. The frame mount is configured to be mounted on a frame of the human-powered vehicle. The guide is confi...