ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,288, issued on March 3, was assigned to Shimano Inc. (Sakai City, Japan).
"Shifting control device and electric shifting system" was invented by Takafumi Nishino (Sakai City, Japan), Toshihiko Takahashi (Sakai City, Japan), Daisuke Nago (Sakai City, Japan) and Satoshi Shahana (Sakai City, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a shifting control device and an electric shifting system allowing a user to comfortably ride a human-powered vehicle, a shifting control device comprising a controller configured to control a shifting device in accordance with a first operation performed on an operating device for braking a rotary bod...