Control device for a bicycle
AssigneeClassified Cycling B.V.
InventorRoëll Marie Van Druten
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a control device (60A, 60B) for a bicycle (1000), comprising a support body (2) for being fixed to a handlebar (33) of the bicycle (1000), a lever (3) movably arranged relative to the support body (2), and a sensing device arranged to transmit a signal upon actuation thereof. The lever (3) is movable relative to the support body (2) from a neutral position to a braking position for initiating a braking action, and from the neutral position to a first actuation position in which the lever (3) actuates the sensing device. The lever (3) is movable from the neutral position to the braking position in a first direction. The lever (3) is also movable from the neutral position to the first actuation position in a second direction different from the first direction.
Claims22
A control system for a bicycle, comprising:
- a first control device for the bicycle arranged to transmit a first signal when actuated according to a first mode and to transmit a second signal, different from the first signal, when actuated according to a second mode;
- a second control device for the bicycle arranged to transmit a third signal when actuated according to a first mode and to transmit a fourth signal, different from the third signal, when actuated according to a second mode;
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- a controller operatively connected to the first and second control devices, the controller containing one or more control programs that are executable upon receiving of one or more of the first, second, third and fourth signals,
- wherein the controller is configured to execute a first control program upon receiving the first signal from the first control device, to execute a third control program upon receiving the third signal from the second control device, and to execute a fifth control program upon receiving the first signal from the first control device and the third signal from the second control device.
A control device for a bicycle, comprising:
- a support body for being fixed to or integrated with a handlebar of the bicycle,
- a manipulation organ movably arranged relative to the support body for being manually operable by a user,
- a sensing device arranged to transmit a signal upon actuation thereof by the manipulation organ, and
- a controller operatively connected to the sensing device, the controller containing one or more control programs that are executable by actuation of the sensing device,
- wherein the sensing device is configured to transmit a first signal when actuated according to a first mode and to transmit a second signal, different from the first signal, when actuated according to a second mode,
- wherein the controller is configured to execute a first control program in response to the first signal, and execute a second control program in response to the second signal,
- wherein the first control program activates a gearshift to a next higher or lower transmission ratio, and the second control program activates the gearshift with a larger step size than the first control program.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.