ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,284, issued on March 3, was assigned to Shimano Inc. (Osaka, Japan).
"Control device for human-powered vehicle" was invented by Satoshi Shahana (Osaka, Japan) and Hitoshi Takayama (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device for a human-powered vehicle has an electronic controller that controls a motor that applies a propulsion force to the human-powered vehicle to assist a human driving force. The human-powered vehicle includes a transmission device. The electronic controller is configured to assist in propulsion of the human-powered vehicle with the motor in a state in which the human-powered vehicle is propelled b...