Position detection device for a bicycle
AssigneeSram, LLC
InventorsR JOE SCHOOLCRAFT, SARAH BLAKESLEE, ALEX MCGEE, CHARLES DUNLAP
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Abstract
A position detection device for a bicycle may include a bicycle component defining an interior and an exterior. A detectable element may be disposed in the interior of the bicycle component and movable relative to the bicycle component. At least one detecting element is disposed in the exterior of the bicycle component, the at least one detecting element operable to detect: a first position of the detectable element relative to the bicycle component, and a second position of the detectable element relative to the bicycle component, wherein the second position is different from the first position.
Claims20
A position detection device for a suspension, the position detection device comprising:
- a first suspension element defining an interior;
- a second suspension element disposed at least in part in the interior of the first suspension element, the second suspension element movable relative to the first suspension element along an axis;
- a detectable element disposed in the interior of the first suspension element, the detectable element fixed relative to the second suspension element and movable relative to the first suspension element;
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- at least one detecting element disposed external to the interior of the first suspension element, the at least one detecting element operable to detect:
- a first position of the detectable element relative to the first suspension element, and
- a second position of the detectable element relative to the first suspension element, wherein the second position is different from the first position.
A position detection device for a bicycle, the position detection device comprising:
- a bicycle component defining an interior;
- a field generating element disposed on the interior of the bicycle component and generating a field detectable external of the interior of the bicycle component;
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- at least one detecting element disposed external of the interior of the of the bicycle component, the at least one detecting element operable to detect the field generated by the field generating element.
A position detection device for a bicycle, the position detection device comprising:
- a first component;
- a detectable element disposed on the first component;
- a second component movable along an axis relative to the first component throughout a travel range;
- a first detecting element disposed on the second component, the first detecting element operable to detect the detectable element during a first portion of the travel range;
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- a second detecting element disposed on the second component, the second detecting element operable to detect the detectable element during a second portion of the travel range distinct from the first portion of the travel range.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.