US Patent Issued to SHIMANO on Sept. 15 for "Bicycle motor unit and bicycle derailleur" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,144, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to SHIMANO INC. (Sakai, Japan).

"Bicycle motor unit and bicycle derailleur" was invented by Satoshi Fujii (Sakai City, Japan), Shota Suyama (Sakai City, Japan), Takeshi Ueda (Sakai City, Japan), Atsuhiro Emura (Sakai City, Japan), Mitsuo Hashimoto (Saitama, Japan) and Ken Kamiishi (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bicycle motor unit includes an electric motor and a transmitting structure. The electric motor is configured to generate a driving force. The transmitting structure is coupled to the electric motor to transmit the driving force from the electric motor to an actuated devi...