Patents Assigned to Shimano, In.
  • Patent number: 12017724
    Abstract: An electronic device is related to a human-powered vehicle operating device that includes an operating mechanism, which is for operating at least one of a human-powered vehicle transmission device and a human-powered vehicle braking device, and at least one operating member. The electronic device comprises a storage, an electronic controller, and a communication unit. The storage stores setting information related to an operation of the at least one operating member and to an output destination device. The electronic controller is configured to generate an output signal corresponding to the operation of the at least one operating member based on the setting information. The communication unit transmits the output signal to the output destination device that includes at least one of a game device, a training device, an audio device, and a video device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Takeda, Tsuyoshi Miyake, Shun Komobuchi, Daisuke Nago
  • Patent number: 12017728
    Abstract: A human-powered vehicle control device for a human-powered vehicle includes an electronic controller that controls a motor assisting in propulsion of the human-powered vehicle. The electronic controller is configured to control the motor in a first control state that limits at least one of a first driving time of the motor assisting in propulsion of the human-powered vehicle, a first driving number of times of the motor, a driving timing of the motor, a second driving time for driving the motor so that an output of the motor becomes greater than or equal to a predetermined output value, and a second driving number of times for driving the motor so that the output of the motor becomes greater than or equal to the predetermined output value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Keisuke Miura, Atsushi Komatsu, Tadaharu Kurotobi, Shingo Sakurai, Satoshi Idogaki
  • Patent number: 12017727
    Abstract: A bicycle apparatus comprises an assist motor, an ABS unit, an assist selection switch and a control device. The ABS unit is configured to control a braking force that is applied to a bicycle wheel. The assist selection switch is configured to switch the assist motor between an ON mode in which the assist motor is ON and an OFF mode in which the assist motor is OFF. The control of the ABS unit by the control device is dependent on an operation of the assist selection switch. The control device is configured to control the assist motor to add the assisting force to the manual drive force when the assist motor is in the ON mode. The control device is configured to set the ABS unit to an ABS operating mode to begin control of the ABS unit when the assist selection switch selects the ON mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Makoto Shimoda, Shinichiro Noda
  • Patent number: 12012176
    Abstract: A bicycle control device includes an electronic controller and a gas pressure detection device. The electronic controller receives data indicative of a detected gas pressure of a tire provided to a bicycle. The tire is configured to maintain a gas in a compressed state. The gas pressure detection device is directly attached to a valve of the tire. The gas pressure detection device includes a sensor and a wireless communication device. The sensor detects the gas pressure of the tire. The wireless communication device is configured to perform wireless communication with the electronic controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tsuchizawa, Hiroshi Matsuda, Takuya Katsuki
  • Patent number: 12010980
    Abstract: A lure includes a body provided with a cavity inside, an oscillating portion disposed in the cavity which is visible from outside and configured to emit light, and a connecting member made of a polymer elastomer and configured to attach the oscillating portion to the body oscillatably. The polymer elastomer is rubber or thermoplastic elastomer. The connecting member is rod-shaped and the cross-sectional shape of the connecting member is circular, oval or polygonal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Tadasuke Nakamichi, Tatsurou Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 12005991
    Abstract: A brake caliper for a bicycle includes a housing configured to be installed on the bicycle, the bicycle including a disc attached to a wheel of the bicycle. A brake pad is installed within the housing and is configured to move between a braking position and a non-braking position. The braking position is a location within the housing where the brake pad contacts the disc when the housing is installed on the bicycle. The non-braking position is a location within the housing where the brake pad is further from the disc than in the braking position. The caliper also includes a biasing member configured to bias the brake pad in a downstream direction within the housing with the brake pad is in the non-braking position, the downstream direction being parallel to a direction of rotation of the disc when a wheel of the bicycle is rotating to move the bicycle forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Fujii, Kazuya Kuwayama, Kazuki Koshiyama, Toyoto Shirai, Yusuke Hosomi
  • Patent number: 12005985
    Abstract: A component is provided for a human-powered vehicle. The component includes a component body, a single substrate, a resistor, an electric wire, a signal processing unit, a signal output, and an electric power input. The single substrate is provided on the component body. The resistor is formed on the single substrate and forms a strain gauge with part of the single substrate. The electric wire is formed on the single substrate and electrically connected to the resistor. The signal processing unit is formed or directly mounted on the single substrate and electrically connected to the electric wire. The signal output outputs a signal from the signal processing unit. The electric power input is electrically connected to the signal processing unit and supplied with electric power from a power supply provided on at least one of the human-powered vehicle and the component body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Shinya Fujimura, Hitoshi Takayama
  • Patent number: 12005992
    Abstract: A hydraulic operating device is provided for a human-powered vehicle. The hydraulic operating device basically includes a base, an operating member and a handlebar mounting structure. The base includes a cylinder bore defining a cylinder axis. The operating member is pivotally coupled to the base about a pivot axis between a rest position and an operated position. The handlebar mounting structure is coupled to the base. The handlebar mounting structure defines a handlebar mounting axis that extends linearly along a handlebar in a mounted state. The cylinder axis is inclined towards the handlebar mounting axis as the cylinder bore extends away from the pivot axis as viewed in a pivot axis direction parallel to the pivot axis. The pivot axis is located in an area between the cylinder axis and the handlebar mounting axis as viewed in the pivot axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Kentaro Kosaka, Yusuke Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20240183413
    Abstract: A caliper adaptor comprises a frame coupling portion, a first coupling portion, and a second coupling portion. The first coupling portion is configured to be coupled to a first caliper body of the disc brake caliper in a first state where the first caliper body is in a first radial position relative to the rotational axis. The first coupling portion extends in the axial direction in the first state. The second coupling portion is configured to be coupled to a second caliper body in a second state where the second caliper body is in a second radial position relative to the rotational axis. The second radial position is different from the first radial position. The second coupling portion extends in the axial direction in the second state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventor: Takehiko NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20240182133
    Abstract: A caliper adaptor for a disc brake caliper of a human-powered vehicle comprises an axle coupling portion, a caliper mounting portion, and a frame coupling portion. The axle coupling portion is configured to be coupled to a hub axle of a hub assembly of the human-powered vehicle. The hub axle extends along a rotational axis of the hub assembly. The caliper mounting portion is configured to mount the disc brake caliper. The caliper mounting portion includes a caliper mounting hole. The caliper mounting hole has a caliper-mounting center axis. The caliper-mounting center axis extends along a reference plane perpendicular to the rotational axis. The frame coupling portion is configured to be coupled to a vehicle body of the human-powered vehicle. The frame coupling portion is at least partially provided radially outwardly of the caliper mounting portion relative to the rotational axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Kento MITSUYASU, Takehiko NAKAJIMA
  • Patent number: 11999440
    Abstract: A drive train comprises a sprocket arrangement and a force-transmission coefficient. The sprocket arrangement includes a plurality of rear sprockets and a plurality of gear ratios respectively corresponding to the plurality of rear sprockets. The plurality of gear ratios includes a largest gear ratio and a smallest gear ratio. The sprocket arrangement includes at least one individual sprocket-space provided between two adjacent rear sprockets among the plurality of rear sprockets. The force-transmission coefficient is obtained by dividing a total gear range quotient by a total number of the at least one individual sprocket-space. The force-transmission coefficient is equal to or larger than 0.97 and is equal to or smaller than 1.36. The total gear range quotient is obtained by dividing the largest gear ratio by the smallest gear ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventor: Satoshi Shahana
  • Patent number: 11997996
    Abstract: A spool braking device includes a brake drum and a rotation structure. The brake drum is disposed in a reel body and positioned alongside a spool in an axial direction. The rotation structure is arranged between the spool and the brake drum in the axial direction. The rotation structure has a support, a brake shoe, and a biasing member. The support rotates in accordance with a spool shaft. The brake shoe has a center of gravity arranged outside of the brake drum in a radial direction. The brake shoe is configured to contact a tapered surface of the brake drum. The biasing member biases one of the support or the brake drum towards another one of the support or the brake drum. The one of the support or the brake drum is movable in the axial direction with respect to the another one of the support or the brake drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Daichi Nakata, Hiroki Oogose, Kunio Takechi, Kouhei Nakamura, Keigo Kitajima
  • Publication number: 20240174313
    Abstract: An electrical device for a rotational device of a human-powered vehicle comprises a force sensor, a position detector, and an electronic controller. The force sensor is configured to measure a force applied to the rotational device. The position detector is configured to detect a rotational position of the rotational device. The electronic controller is configured to adjust a measurement value of the force sensor based on the rotational position detected by the position detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Hitoshi TAKAYAMA, Eri KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20240174314
    Abstract: An electrical device of a human-powered vehicle comprises a circuit board and a terminal member. The circuit board includes a first electrically conductive body. The terminal member is configured to be at least partially provided between the circuit board and an additional device in an attachment state where the circuit board is attached to the additional device. The terminal member includes a second electrically conductive body configured to elastically maintain contact between the first electrically conductive body and the second electrically conductive body in the attachment state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Hitoshi TAKAYAMA, Yuma YAMAMOTO, Junya YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240174315
    Abstract: An electrical device for a rotational device of a human-powered vehicle comprises a housing and a force sensor. The housing includes an outer surface and an inner surface. The outer surface includes an attachment surface configured to be attached to an additional attachment surface of the rotational device with an adhesive agent. The inner surface defines an internal space. The force sensor is attached to the attachment surface and is configured to measure a force applied to the rotational device in an attachment state where the attachment surface is attached to the additional attachment surface of the rotational device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventor: Hitoshi TAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240174323
    Abstract: A bicycle derailleur includes a derailleur body and a charging port configured to be detachably coupled to a charging cable to charge an electric power source. The charging port includes an electric terminal. The electric terminal includes a plurality of electric contact surfaces being disposed along a first longitudinal direction of the charging port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2024
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventor: Akihiro HASEGAWA
  • Patent number: 11991998
    Abstract: The reel seat for mounting a dual-bearing reel on an upper side of a rod main body of a fishing rod extends in a front-rear direction in a plan view of the reel seat. The reel seat includes a reel foot mounting part on the upper side for mounting a reel foot of the dual-bearing reel such that a handle of the dual-bearing reel is located on a first side in a right-left direction in the plan view. The reel seat also includes a support wall for supporting a palm of a hand when palming the reel seat such that the support wall provided on a second side opposite to the first side in the right-left direction, the support wall protruding to the upper side on the second side of the reel seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Masakazu Iwabuchi, Shogo Kosaka, Yuzo Shimano, Soshi Iwata
  • Patent number: 11993344
    Abstract: A bicycle electric component comprises a wireless communicator, a casing, and an electromagnetic shield. The wireless communicator is configured to receive a wireless signal. The casing has an internal space. The wireless communicator is disposed in the internal space of the casing. The electromagnetic shield includes a shield member to cover at least a part of the wireless communicator. The shield member of the electromagnetic shield is a separate member with respect to the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Takafumi Suzuki, Takaya Masuda, Toshihiko Takahashi, Masafumi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11987322
    Abstract: A bicycle sprocket comprises sprocket teeth. The sprocket teeth include at least one first tooth and at least one second tooth. The at least one first tooth has a first radial-tooth height. The at least one first tooth has a first chain-engaging axial width which is smaller than a first distance defined between opposed outer link plates of a bicycle chain and which is larger than a second distance defined between opposed inner link plates of the bicycle chain. The first radial-tooth height is greater than the first chain-engaging axial width. The at least one second tooth has a second radial-tooth height. The at least one second tooth has a second chain-engaging axial width which is smaller than the second distance. The second radial-tooth height is greater than the second chain-engaging axial width. The first radial-tooth height is greater than the second radial-tooth height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventor: Akinobu Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 11987323
    Abstract: A bicycle derailleur comprises a circuit board, an electrical user interface, a motor housing, and a motor unit. The electrical user interface includes a user accessing portion configured to receive a user input. The motor housing includes a motor accommodating space. The motor unit is provided in the motor accommodating space and configured to generate rotational force and configured to be electrically connected to the circuit board. A first direction is defined from the circuit board toward the electrical user interface or from the electrical user interface toward the circuit board. The plurality of second directions is defined to be perpendicular to the first direction. The motor unit is at least partly provided between the user accessing portion of the electrical user interface and the circuit board when viewed in at least one of the plurality of second directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Yamamoto, Akihiro Hasegawa