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US 2019/0193802 A1Published application
Bicycle seatpost assembly
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorsNobukatsu HARA, Hiroshi MATSUDA
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Abstract
A bicycle seatpost assembly comprises an electric actuator and a seatpost controller. The electric actuator is to change a state of the 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 seatpost controller is configured to control the electric actuator to maintain the adjustable state during an adjustment period selectable from a plurality of predetermined adjustment periods.
Claims16
A bicycle seatpost assembly comprising:
- an electric actuator to change a state of the 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 adjustable state allows the total length to be freely adjustable;
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- a seatpost controller configured to control, based on an adjustment period selected from a plurality of predetermined adjustment periods, the electric actuator to maintain the adjustable state during the selected adjustment period.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.