ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,629, issued on June 2, was assigned to SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbH (Schweinfurt, Germany).
"Derailleur for a bicycle" was invented by Heiko Redecker (Dittelbrunn, Germany) and Tobias Harcke (Dittelbrunn, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a rear derailleur for a bicycle gearing system comprising: a base element which can be fitted to a bicycle frame; and a movable element which is coupled to the base element by a pivot mechanism and which can be displaced relative thereto in a pivotably movable manner, wherein the pivot mechanism is pivotably movable both relative to the movable element and relative to the base ...