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US 11,993,346 B2Granted
Battery unit and bicycle frame
AssigneeCanyon Bicycles GmbH
InventorsPhilipp Klein, Christian Parmenter, Vincenz Thoma, Patrick Schmidt
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Abstract
A battery unit for a bicycle having an electric motor, including a battery case having an upper side, a lower side and two sidewall several energy cells arranged in the battery case, and a battery management system electrically connected to the energy cells, where the battery management system is arranged on one of the two sides.
Claims18
A battery unit for a bicycle having an electric motor comprising:
- a battery case having an upper side, a lower side and two sidewalls, where the battery case is designed to receive a plurality of energy cells such that the plurality of energy cells may be arranged in the battery case;
- and
- a battery management system electrically connected to the energy cells,
- wherein the battery management system is arranged on one of the two sidewalls,
- wherein a plug contact is part of the battery management system such that the plug contact is oriented to face towards a side of a down tube of a bicycle frame such that a plug can be inserted into the plug contact in a direction that is perpendicular to the side of the down tube, and
- wherein the plug contact is arranged laterally for electrical connection to the electric motor.
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A bicycle frame comprising:
- a motor housing for an electric motor:
- a down tube connected to the motor housing:
- and
- an insertion opening provided in the down tube in the area of the motor housing for inserting a battery into the down tube,
- wherein the down tube is asymmetrical with respect to a frame center plane, and
- wherein the asymmetrical portion of the down tube contains a battery management system located therein and the battery management system is connected to the battery.
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A bicycle frame comprising:
- a motor housing for an electric motor;
- a battery unit for the electric motor, the battery unit comprising:
- a battery case having an upper side, a lower side and two sidewalls, where the battery case is designed to receive a plurality of energy cells such that the plurality of energy cells may be arranged in the battery case;
- and
- a battery management system electrically connected to the energy cells, wherein the battery management system is arranged on one of the two sidewalls;
- a down tube connected to the motor housing;
- and
- an insertion opening provided in the down tube in the area of the motor housing for inserting a battery into the down tube,
- wherein the down tube is asymmetrical with respect to a frame center plane, and
- wherein the asymmetrical portion of the down tube contains a battery management system located therein and the battery management system is connected to the battery.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.