US Patent Issued to SHIMANO on Sept. 1 for "Rotational-position sensor unit, human-powered vehicle controller, and human-powered vehicle system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,738, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to SHIMANO INC. (Sakai, Japan).

"Rotational-position sensor unit, human-powered vehicle controller, and human-powered vehicle system" was invented by Yasuyuki Komada (Sakai City, Japan), Yusuke Oda (Sakai City, Japan), Koichi Kajiki (Sakai City, Japan), Kazuki Into (Sakai City, Japan) and Tomohiro Takahashi (Sakai City, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotational-position sensor unit comprises sensor circuitry configured to detect at least one of: at least one reference sprocket tooth of a sprocket of a human-powered vehicle; and a space provided between adjacent two teeth including the at l...