Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power-assisted bicycle
- Patent Title (中): 电动辅助自行车
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Application No.: US14624113Application Date: 2015-02-17
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Publication No.: US09381972B2Publication Date: 2016-07-05
- Inventor: Masafumi Kawakami , Munehiro Date
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.
- Priority: JP2012-180692 20120817
- Main IPC: B62M6/55
- IPC: B62M6/55 ; B62M6/45

Abstract:
A power-assisted bicycle is provided to satisfactorily keep torque detection capability while reducing the pedal force of a pedal during pedaling if a battery has run out. A cylindrical human-power transmission member 28 having a magneto-striction generation portion 31b of a torque sensor 31 is disposed on the outer periphery of a crankshaft 7a. A combined force member 29 for combining a human driving force and an auxiliary driving force is disposed on the outer periphery of the crankshaft 7a. An auxiliary-driving-force transmission path from a motor 21 to the combined force member 29 has a deceleration mechanism 25 that includes a plurality of reduction gears 36c and 36d and reduction gear support shafts 36a and 36b. A one-way clutch 37 for interrupting a human driving force is disposed between the reduction gears 36c and 36d and the reduction gear support shafts 36a and 36b.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150158550A1 POWER-ASSISTED BICYCLE Public/Granted day:2015-06-11
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