US Patent Issued to SHIMANO on Sept. 1 for "Hub assembly for human powered vehicle" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,421, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to SHIMANO INC. (Sakai, Japan).

"Hub assembly for human powered vehicle" was invented by Kosuke Kinashi (Sakai City, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hub assembly comprises a hub axle, a hub shell, a sprocket support body, a first bearing unit, a second bearing unit, and a sleeve. The sleeve includes a first abutment portion and a second abutment portion. The first abutment portion abuts the first inner race. The second abutment portion abuts the second inner race in a radial direction."

The patent was filed on Sept. 26, 2023, under Application No. 18/475,186.

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