ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,507, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Shimano Inc. (Osaka, Japan).
"Control device for human-powered vehicle" was invented by Toshinari Ooishi (Osaka, Japan) and Koujirou Morii (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device is provided for a human-powered vehicle that includes a suspension and an operation detector detecting a first parameter correlated to a predetermined operation performed by a rider on the human-powered vehicle. The operation detector includes an acceleration sensor provided on at least one of a wheel axle of the human-powered vehicle and a portion of the human-powered vehicle closer to the wheel ...