US 12,151,762 B2Granted

Human-powered vehicle control device

AssigneeShimano Inc.

InventorsSatoshi Shahana, Nobukatsu Hara, Hitoshi Takayama

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Abstract

A human-powered vehicle control device controls the transmission that changes the transmission ratio of a human-powered vehicle. The control device includes an electronic controller that switches between a first control state for controlling the transmission to change the transmission ratio in accordance with a first prescribed set of conditions, and a second control state for controlling the transmission to suppress the change of the transmission ratio as compared with if the electronic controller is in the first control state, in accordance with at least one of a steering state of the human-powered vehicle, a surface condition of a travel path on which the human-powered vehicle travels, and a pedaling preparation state related to the pedals of the human-powered vehicle.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A human-powered vehicle control device comprising:

an electronic controller configured to control a transmission to initiate a shifting operation based on a set of prescribed conditions that changes a transmission ratio of a human-powered vehicle,
the electronic controller being configured to switch between a first control state that controls the transmission to change the transmission ratio in accordance with a first prescribed set of conditions, and a second control state that controls the transmission to prevent the change of the transmission ratio as compared to the first control state,
the electronic controller being configured to switch between the first control state and the second control state in accordance with a current detection of at least one of
a rider's gripping state of a handle of the human-powered vehicle as information relating to a steering state of the human-powered vehicle,
a friction coefficient of a surface of the travel path, and
a connection between a rider's shoe and a shoe connection mechanism of the pedal as information relating to a pedaling preparation state.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/134,460Filed 13 Apr 2023 · division
Priority: JP 2018-06607729 Mar 2018
Published: US 2023/0249776 A110 Aug 2023
Granted: 26 Nov 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification17 codes

B62J 43/20
Arrangements of batteries: characterised by the mounting
B62J 43/30
Arrangements of batteries: for providing power to equipment other than for propulsion
B62M 25/08
Actuators for gearing speed-change mechanisms specially adapted for cycles: with electrical or fluid transmitting systems
F16H 61/16
Control functions within control units of change-speed- or reversing-gearings for conveying rotary motion ; Control of exclusively fluid…

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Application16/291,344Parent of this division · filed 4 Mar 2019
Application17/225,583Parent of this division · filed 8 Apr 2021
US 11,014,630 B2Parent of this division · filed 21 May 2021
US 2023/0249776 A1Pre-grant publication · published 10 Aug 2023
US 11,702,167 B2Parent of this division
US 2019/0300120 A1Published application
US 2021/0221469 A1Published application
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