Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Assistive power control apparatus for motor-assisted bicycle
- Patent Title (中): 电动辅助自行车辅助动力控制装置
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Application No.: US13424943Application Date: 2012-03-20
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Publication No.: US08820459B2Publication Date: 2014-09-02
- Inventor: Masayuki Hashimoto , Yoshihiro Namiki , Masahiro Kuroki
- Applicant: Masayuki Hashimoto , Yoshihiro Namiki , Masahiro Kuroki
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP
- Priority: JP2011-081333 20110331
- Main IPC: B62M6/55
- IPC: B62M6/55 ; B62M6/45

Abstract:
An assistive power control apparatus for a motor-assisted bicycle controls a motor to generate an assistive torque depending on the pedaling force of a rider. The assistive power control apparatus detects a rotating torque value of a crankshaft rotated when a rider steps on pedals by a torque sensor, controls a motor to generate an assistive power determined using the rotating torque value, calculates a rotation angle of the crankshaft when a present rotating torque value is detected from a time period from a timing of detection of a peak position of the rotating torque value to a timing of detection of the rotating torque value, calculates a pedaling force applied when the rider steps on the pedals from the calculated rotation angle of the crankshaft and the detected present rotating torque value, and determines the assistive power of the motor according to the calculated pedaling force.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120247853A1 ASSISTIVE POWER CONTROL APPARATUS FOR MOTOR-ASSISTED BICYCLE Public/Granted day:2012-10-04
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