Bicycle lighting system
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorsSatoshi Kitamura, Masayoshi Nagae
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Abstract
The bicycle lighting system includes a primary lighting circuit and at least one electrically operated component connected in parallel to a rectifying circuit that receives electricity from a hub dynamo. The electrically operated component can be a supplemental lighting circuit, an electric transmission component and/or a tail lamp. The lighting system includes a rectifying circuit configured and arranged to rectify electricity generated by a hub dynamo. The primary lighting circuit has at least one first light emitting diode that is configured and arranged to always receive electricity outputted from the rectifying circuit.
Claims14
A bicycle lighting system comprising:
- a rectifying circuit configured and arranged to rectify electricity generated by a bicycle dynamo;
- a primary lighting circuit electrically coupled to the rectifying circuit, the primary lighting circuit having at least one first light emitting diode electrically coupled to the rectifying circuit without any switches disposed therebetween so that the first light emitting diode always receives electricity when electricity is outputted from the rectifying circuit and is always illuminated when electricity is outputted from the rectifying circuit;
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- an electrically operated component connected in parallel with the primary lighting circuit to the rectifying circuit to be operated by electricity from the rectifying circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.