Shimano's gearbox patent

[Zviedrs]

So I read about Shimano filing a patent for bicycle gearbox both for MTB and road bikes. What are your thoughts about it? They must be serious about it and definitely have the R&D capacity compared to the existing bicycle gearbox manufacturers. Looks like an ebike motor. I've always been (and probably will be) a derailleur boy though.

https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/ac/c6/46/60b59fb9800461/US20190011037A1.pdf

       

[Papa Dom]

some people just stay loyal to derailleur system and I am one of them