ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,554, issued on March 24, was assigned to Shimano Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Human-powered vehicle control device and component for human-powered vehicle" was invented by Fumihide Numata (Osaka, Japan), Kazumasa Mitsunari (Osaka, Japan) and Keita Michikawa (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A human-powered vehicle control device is provided for a human-powered vehicle. The human-powered vehicle control device includes a master electronic controller configured to control a first component and a second component. The first component is configured to be controlled by at least one of the master electronic controller and a first slav...