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US 12,475,748 · App. 18/455,649 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Operating device of human-powered vehicle

Inventor: Akihiro Nozaki (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
G07C5/0825B62J6/24B62J43/20B62J45/20B62M25/08G08C17/02
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Patent No.
US 12,475,748
App. No.
18/455,649
Granted
Nov 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An operating device of a human-powered vehicle comprises a base structure, an operating member, and an output unit. The base structure is mountable to the human-powered vehicle. The operating member is movable relative to the base structure in response to a user input operation. The output unit is configured to output, in response to the user input operation, first information indicating that a remaining level of an electric power source is lower than a remaining-level threshold in a case where the remaining level is lower than the remaining-level threshold. The output unit is configured to be free of outputting, in response to the user input operation, second information indicating that the remaining level of the electric power source is higher than the remaining-level threshold in a case where the remaining level is higher than the remaining-level threshold.

Claims (44)

1 . An operating device of a human-powered vehicle, the operating device comprising:

a base structure mountable to the human-powered vehicle;

an operating member movable relative to the base structure in response to a user input operation; and

an output unit configured to output, in response to the user input operation, first information indicating that a remaining level of an electric power source is lower than a remaining-level threshold in a case where the remaining level is lower than the remaining-level threshold, the output unit being configured to be free of outputting, in response to the user input operation, second information indicating that the remaining level of the electric power source is higher than the remaining-level threshold in a case where the remaining level is higher than the remaining-level threshold.

2 . The operating device according to claim 1 , wherein

the output unit includes an indicator,

the indicator is configured to indicate the first information in response to the user input operation in the case where the remaining level is lower than the remaining-level threshold, and

the indicator is configured to be free of indicating the second information in response to the user input operation in the case where the remaining level is higher than the remaining-level threshold.

3 . The operating device according to claim 2 , wherein

the indicator is configured to emit light to indicate the first information in response to the user input operation in the case where the remaining level is lower than the remaining-level threshold, and

the indicator is configured to be free of emitting light in response to the user input operation in the case where the remaining level is higher than the remaining-level threshold.

4 . The operating device according to claim 1 , further comprising

electronic controller circuitry electrically connected to the output unit to control the output unit based on the user input operation and the remaining level of the electric power source.

5 . The operating device according to claim 1 , further comprising

a power source holder configured to hold the electric power source, wherein

the output unit is configured to output, in response to the user input operation, the first information indicating that the remaining level of the electric power source held by the power source holder is lower than the remaining-level threshold in the case where the remaining level is lower than the remaining-level threshold, and

the output unit is configured to be free of outputting, in response to the user input operation, the second information indicating that the remaining level of the electric power source held by the power source holder is higher than the remaining-level threshold in the case where the remaining level is higher than the remaining-level threshold.

6 . The operating device according to claim 1 , further comprising

communicator circuitry configured to transmit a control signal to an electric device in response to the user input operation.

7 . The operating device according to claim 6 , wherein

the communicator circuitry includes a wireless communicator, and

the wireless communicator is configured to wirelessly transmit the control signal to the electric device in response to the user input operation.

8 . The operating device according to claim 7 , wherein

the electric device includes the electric power source, and

the wireless communicator is configured to wirelessly receive remaining-level information relating to the remaining level of the electric power source of the electric device.

9 . An operating device of a human-powered vehicle, the operating device comprising:

a base structure mountable to the human-powered vehicle;

an operating member movable relative to the base structure in response to a user input operation;

a wireless communicator configured to wirelessly transmit a control signal to an electric device in response to the user input operation, the wireless communicator being configured to wirelessly receive remaining-level information relating to a remaining level of an electric power source of the electric device; and

an output unit configured to output, in response to the user input operation, information indicating the remaining level of the electric power source.

10 . The operating device according to claim 9 , wherein

the output unit is configured to output, in response to the user input operation, first information indicating that the remaining level of the electric power source is lower than the remaining-level threshold in a case where the remaining level is lower than the remaining-level threshold.

11 . The operating device according to claim 9 , wherein

the output unit is configured to output, in response to the user input operation, second information indicating that the remaining level of the electric power source is higher than the remaining-level threshold in a case where the remaining level is higher than the remaining-level threshold.

12 . The operating device according to claim 8 , wherein

the wireless communicator is configured to wirelessly receive a signal including the remaining-level information from the electric device.

13 . The operating device according to claim 12 , wherein

the wireless communicator is configured to wirelessly receive the signal which is wirelessly transmitted from the electric device in response to the control signal.

14 . The operating device according to claim 8 , wherein

the electric device includes a gear changer including the electric power source, and

the wireless communicator is configured to wirelessly receive the remaining-level information relating to the remaining level of the electric power source of the gear changer.

15 . The operating device according to claim 14 , wherein

the gear changer includes a rear derailleur including the electric power source, and

the wireless communicator is configured to wirelessly receive the remaining-level information relating to the remaining level of the electric power source of the rear derailleur.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2023
From: NOZAKI, AKIHIRO
To: SHIMANO INC.
Reel/Frame 064713/0390 →
Continuity (1)
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