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US 6,719,081 B2Granted
Electrical bicycle with steering control by biasing the body
AssigneeTaiwan Bicycle Industry R&D Center
InventorsPen-Cuang Liao, Chih-Hung Liang, Chao-Ming Ko
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Abstract
An electrical bicycle includes a front body unit, a rear body unit and a pivot coupler unit which couples the front body unit and the rear body unit. The coupler unit enables the front body unit to be turned relative to the rear body unit when the rider turns his or her body to shift his or her center of gravity.
Claims15
An electrical bicycle comprising:
- a front body unit;
- a rear body unit;
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- a pivot coupler unit coupled between said front body unit and said rear body unit for enabling the rider to control the direction of steering by twisting the rider's body, said pivot coupler unit comprising, an inverted T-shaped bar disposed vertically, a bottom bracket fixedly transversely fastened to a bottom side of said T-bar, said bottom bracket having two ends fixedly connected to said rear body unit, a foot bar supported in said bottom bracket and protruded over two distal ends of said bottom bracket, a smoothly arched guard extended over the periphery of said T-shaped bar and fixedly fastened to said front body unit, with said pivot coupler unit for enabling said front body unit and said rear body unit to be biased relative to each other, and a seat assembly coupled to a top end of said T-shaped bar.
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