Bicycle shift control device with decreased stress during shifting
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorsRyuichiro Takamoto, Masato Tanida
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Abstract
A control apparatus is provided that facilitates the operation of a component that is subjected to stress from a stress-inducing component. The apparatus comprises an operation sensing unit that senses when the component should be operated; a stress reducing unit that provides a signal for reducing an amount of stress applied to the component from the stress-inducing component when the operating sensing unit senses that the component should be operated; and a control unit that provides a signal for operating the component a predetermined time after the stress reducing unit provides the signal.
Claims21
A control apparatus that facilitates the operation of a component that is subjected to stress from a stress-inducing component that includes a motion assisting unit that applies a motion assisting force to the component using a motor, wherein the apparatus comprises:
- an operation sensing unit that senses when the component should be operated;
- a stress reducing unit that provides a signal to operate the motor for reducing an amount of stress applied to the component from the motor when the operating sensing unit senses that the component should be operated;
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- a control unit that provides a signal for operating the component a predetermined event after the stress reducing unit provides the signal so that stress applied to the component from the motor is reduced at the time the component is operated.
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