This is another slightly confusing trademark. I had been told that Renak had been sold to Flying Pigeon of China in 1990. But here we have a trademark application filed in 1995 in the name of a very German looking company. Perhaps Flying Pigeon keeps Renak as a wholly owned subsidiary, or perhaps Flying Pigeon only bought part of the company or...

The logo looks like an aircraft carrier steaming towards you over a steeply curved sea - but is in fact an angular representation of a leaping gazelle.

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• Publisher: US Patent and Trademark Office
• Inventor: Reichenbacher Naben und Fahrradkomponenten GmbH
• Country: USA
• Date: Priority claimed on German application September 1994
• Derailleur brands: Renak
• Derailleurs: nothing specific