Connected handlebar for vehicle
AssigneeVel'co
InventorsJohnny Smith, Romain Savouré, Pierre Regnier
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Abstract
A handlebar for a vehicle. The handlebar includes: a bar having a coupling end; an end piece that longitudinally extends the coupling end; an electronic processing unit housed in the bar; an antenna for transmitting and receiving electronic data coupled to the electronic processing unit, intended to allow an exchange of electronic data with a telecommunication network; and a receiver of a satellite navigation and positioning system, the receiver being coupled to the electronic processing unit. The antenna and the receiver are housed in an external part of the end piece, the antenna being interposed between the receiver and the coupling end.
Claims8
A handlebar for a vehicle, comprising:
- a bar having an internal volume, extending longitudinally between two end portions, including a first end portion referred to as a coupling end, which has a central extension axis;
- an end piece having an internal part inserted in the coupling end of the bar, and an external part that longitudinally extends the coupling end along the central extension axis, the external part being formed in an electromagnetically permeable material;
- an electronic processing unit housed in the internal volume of the bar;
- an antenna for transmitting and receiving electronic data coupled to the electronic processing unit, the antenna having an elongate shape extending along a longitudinal axis and being configured to allow an exchange of electronic data with a telecommunication network;
- a receiver of a satellite navigation and positioning system, the receiver being coupled to the electronic processing unit;
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- first and second preferential gripping zones to be gripped by hand during use of the handlebar, one of which, referred to as an emissive zone, is located at the coupling end,
- wherein the antenna and the receiver are housed in the external part of the end piece, the longitudinal axis of the antenna being parallel to the central extension axis, and the antenna being located at least partially in the emissive zone,
- and wherein the antenna is interposed along the central extension axis between the receiver and the coupling end, the receiver being separated from the emissive zone.
A vehicle comprising:
- a handlebar comprising:
- a bar having an internal volume, extending longitudinally between two end portions, including a first end portion referred to as a coupling end, which has a central extension axis;
- an end piece having an internal part inserted in the coupling end of the bar, and an external part that longitudinally extends the coupling end along the central extension axis, the external part being formed in an electromagnetically permeable material;
- an electronic processing unit housed in the internal volume of the bar;
- an antenna for transmitting and receiving electronic data coupled to the electronic processing unit, the antenna having an elongate shape extending along a longitudinal axis and being configured to allow an exchange of electronic data with a telecommunication network;
- a receiver of a satellite navigation and positioning system, the receiver being coupled to the electronic processing unit;
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- first and second preferential gripping zones to be gripped by hand during use of the handlebar, one of which, referred to as an emissive zone, is located at the coupling end,
- wherein the antenna and the receiver are housed in the external part of the end piece, the longitudinal axis of the antenna being parallel to the central extension axis, and the antenna being located at least partially in the emissive zone,
- and wherein the antenna is interposed along the central extension axis between the receiver and the coupling end, the receiver being separated from the emissive zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.