Bicycle transmission device
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorTakashi YAMAMOTO
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Abstract
A bicycle transmission device basically includes an input rotational shaft, an output part, a transmission mechanism and a switching mechanism. The transmission mechanism includes a first rotating body configured to transmit rotation of the input rotational shaft and a fourth rotating body configured to transmit the rotation of the input rotational shaft. The switching mechanism is configured to selectively switch between a first state in which a ratio of a rotational speed of the output part to a rotational speed of the input rotational shaft is a first ratio and a second state in which the ratio is a second ratio that is different from the first ratio. The switching mechanism includes a one-way clutch and a switching unit.
Claims15
A bicycle transmission device comprising:
- an input rotational shaft;
- an output part;
- a transmission mechanism including a first rotating body configured to transmit rotation of the input rotational shaft and a fourth rotating body configured to transmit the rotation of the input rotational shaft, the fourth rotating body being different from the first rotating body;
- and
- a switching mechanism configured to selectively switch between a first state in which a ratio of a rotational speed of the output part to a rotational speed of the input rotational shaft is a first ratio and a second state in which the ratio is a second ratio that is different from the first ratio,
- a switching mechanism including:
- a one-way clutch configured to switch between a third state in which rotation is not transmitted from the first rotating body to the output part, and a fourth state in which rotation is transmitted from the first rotating body to the output part;
- and
- a switching unit configured to switch between a fifth state in which rotation is transmitted from the fourth rotating body to the output part, and a sixth state in which rotation is not transmitted from the fourth rotating body to the output part,
- the first state including the third state and the fifth state, the second state including the fourth state and the sixth state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.