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US 10,850,804 B1Granted
Bicycle
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorsShinichiro Noda, Takaaki Fujiwara
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Abstract
A bicycle includes a bicycle body, a bicycle component, and a battery. The bicycle body has a frame including a down tube, a component mounting portion, and a seat tube. The bicycle component includes a bicycle drive unit. At least a portion of the bicycle component is arranged inside the frame. The battery is mounted on the bicycle to supply the bicycle component with electrical power. The battery has an elongated shape. One end of the battery is entirely accommodated in the down tube, and another end of the battery is disposed outside the down tube.
Claims11
A bicycle comprising:
- a bicycle body having a frame including a down tube, a component mounting portion, and a seat tube;
- a bicycle component including a bicycle drive unit, at least a portion of the bicycle component being arranged inside the frame;
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- a battery mounted on the bicycle to supply the bicycle component with electrical power, the battery having an elongated shape,
- one end of the battery being accommodated in the down tube such that an outermost circumference of the battery around a longitudinal center axis of the battery is entirely surrounded by the down tube, and another end of the battery being disposed outside the down tube.
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A bicycle comprising:
- a bicycle body having a frame including a down tube, a component mounting portion, and a seat tube;
- a bicycle component including a bicycle drive unit, at least a portion of the bicycle component being arranged inside the frame;
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- a battery mounted on the bicycle to supply the bicycle component with electrical power, the battery having an elongated shape,
- the frame further including a first open portion to accommodate the bicycle component in the frame,
- one end of the battery being entirely accommodated in the down tube and another end of the battery being disposed outside the down tube via the first open portion,
- the down tube and the seat tube being connected to the component mounting portion, and
- the first open portion being provided on the component mounting portion, a portion of the down tube that is connected to the component mounting portion, and a portion of the seat tube that is connected to the component mounting portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.