ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,736, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Shimano Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Operating device for human-powered vehicle and human-powered vehicle" was invented by Kazuhiro Fujii (Sakai, Japan), Hiroki Kamada (Sakai, Japan), Kazuyoshi Nakamura (Sakai, Japan) and Yuuya Yoneda (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An operating device of a human-powered vehicle, the device including: an operation member; a base that is configured such that the operation member is provided to the base and at least a part of the base is embedded in a vehicle body of the human-powered vehicle; at least one interface; and a controller that is provided to the...