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US 7,253,610 B2Granted
Self-powered bicycle signal output device and display apparatus using same
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorMasayoshi Nagae
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Abstract
A bicycle signal output device comprises a magnet structured to be mounted to one of a first part and a moving part of a bicycle, a coil structured to be mounted to the other one of the first part and the moving part of the bicycle, and a signal generating unit that operates using electrical power generated by the coil in response to relative motion between the magnet and the coil.
Claims24
A bicycle signal output device comprising:
- a magnet structured to be mounted to one of a first part and a moving part of a bicycle;
- a coil structured to be mounted to the other one of the first part and the moving part of the bicycle to provide a signal in response to relative motion between the magnet and the coil;
- a signal generating unit including a CPU, wherein operating power for the CPU is derived from the signal provided by the coil in response to relative motion between the magnet and the coil;
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- a wireless transmission unit that wirelessly transmits information generated by the signal generating unit.
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A bicycle information display apparatus comprising:
- a magnet structured to be mounted to one of a first part and a moving part of a bicycle;
- a coil structured to be mounted to the other one of the first part and the moving part of the bicycle to provide a signal in response to relative motion between the magnet and the coil;
- a signal generating unit including a first CPU, wherein the first CPU operates using electrical power generated by the coil in response to relative motion between the magnet and the coil;
- a wireless transmission unit that wirelessly transmits information generated by the signal generating unit;
- a wireless receiving unit that receives information transmitted by the wireless transmission unit;
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- a display unit that displays information received by the wireless receiving unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.