Bicycle seatpost assembly
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorsNobukatsu HARA, Hiroshi MATSUDA
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Abstract
A bicycle seatpost system comprises an electric actuator, a remote controller, and a seatpost controller. The electric actuator is to change a state of a bicycle seatpost assembly between a lock state where a total length of the bicycle seatpost assembly is invariable, and an adjustable state where the total length of the bicycle seatpost assembly is variable. The remote controller is configured to transmit a first control signal and a second control signal different from the first control signal. The seatpost controller is configured to control the electric actuator to change the state of the bicycle seatpost assembly to the adjustable state based on one of the first control signal and the second control signal.
Claims18
A bicycle seatpost system comprising:
- an electric actuator to change a state of a bicycle seatpost assembly between
- a lock state where a total length of the bicycle seatpost assembly is invariable, and
- an adjustable state where the total length of the bicycle seatpost assembly is variable;
- a remote controller configured to transmit
- a first control signal, and
- a second control signal different from the first control signal;
- and
- a seatpost controller configured to control the electric actuator to change the state of the bicycle seatpost assembly to the adjustable state based on one of the first control signal and the second control signal.
A bicycle seatpost system comprising:
- an electric actuator to change a state of a bicycle seatpost assembly between
- a lock state where a total length of the bicycle seatpost assembly is invariable, and
- an adjustable state where the total length of the bicycle seatpost assembly is variable;
- a remote controller configured to generate a seatpost control signal to control the electric actuator;
- and
- a seatpost controller having
- a first actuation mode in which the adjustable state is maintained during a first adjustment period regardless of a signal length of the seatpost control signal, and
- a second actuation mode in which the adjustable state is maintained during a second adjustment period corresponding to the signal length of the seatpost control signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.