ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,261, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Shimano Inc. (Osaka, Japan).
"Human-powered vehicle control device" was invented by Satoshi Shahana (Sakai, Japan) and Mitsuhiko Kawasaki (Sakai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A human-powered vehicle control device is a control device of a human-powered vehicle. The human-powered vehicle control device includes an electronic controller configured to control an electric component that is different from a motor providing a propelling force to the human-powered vehicle and that is provided in the human-powered vehicle. The electric component is controlled in accordance with a total driving ...