US Patent Issued to SHIMANO on July 7 for "Operating device of human-powered vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,269, issued on July 7, was assigned to SHIMANO INC. (Sakai, Japan).

"Operating device of human-powered vehicle" was invented by Kentaro Tanaka (Sakai City, Japan), Yuya Ishibashi (Sakai City, Japan) and Yasuyuki Komada (Sakai City, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An operating device includes a base, a first electric switch, a second electric switch, a third electric switch, a first operating structure, and a second operating structure. The first operating structure is movably arranged with respect to the base to activate the first electric switch as the first operating structure moves from a first rest position to a first interme...