US Patent Issued to Shimano on May 5 for "Hub assembly for human-powered vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,485, issued on May 5, was assigned to Shimano Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Hub assembly for human-powered vehicle" was invented by Kenkichi Inoue (Osaka, Japan), Yuuya Yoneda (Osaka, Japan) and Azusa Yamazaki (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hub assembly is provided for a human-powered vehicle. The hub assembly includes a hub axle, a hub body, a bearing spacer and a first hub body bearing. The hub body is rotatably mounted on the hub axle to rotate around a rotational center axis of the hub assembly. The bearing spacer has an inner peripheral end provided to the hub axle and an outer peripheral end spaced radially outward of the...