Bicycle drive apparatus

A bicycle drive apparatus includes a bicycle crankset, a bicycle transmission, a drive assistance electric motor and a microcomputer. The microcomputer includes an output control section, a gear shift feasibility determining section and a gear shift control section. The output control section contro...

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Main Authors WATARAI ETSUYOSHI, SHOGE AKIHIKO
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 09.09.2014
Subjects
CYCLES
LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
POWERED PROPULSION OF SLEDGES OR
RIDER PROPULSION OF WHEELED VEHICLES OR SLEDGES
TRANSMISSIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SUCH VEHICLES
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:A bicycle drive apparatus includes a bicycle crankset, a bicycle transmission, a drive assistance electric motor and a microcomputer. The microcomputer includes an output control section, a gear shift feasibility determining section and a gear shift control section. The output control section controls an output of the drive assistance electric motor. The gear shift feasibility determining section determines if an output condition of the bicycle crankset satisfies a gear shift allowable condition. The gear shift control section receives a gear shift request, instructs the output control section to at least one of stop the output of the drive assistance electric motor and decrease the output of the drive assistance electric motor, and instructs the transmission to execute a gear shifting operation upon the gear shift permission determining section determining that the gear shift allowable condition is satisfied.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201213594521