US Patent Issued to Shimano on Oct. 6 for "Human-powered vehicle component" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,880, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Shimano Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Human-powered vehicle component" was invented by Kosuke Kitahara (Sakai, Japan), Takaaki Fujiwara (Sakai, Japan) and Shinichiro Noda (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A human-powered vehicle component includes a crankshaft including a rotational center axis and a first coupling portion that allows a crank arm to be coupled and a transmission provided on the crankshaft and including a second coupling portion that allows a sprocket to be coupled. The first coupling portion includes a first positioning portion that determines a first predetermined relative ph...