Global Patent Index - EP 4396074 A1

EP 4396074 A1 20240710 - METHOD FOR OPERATING A BICYCLE DRIVE

Title (en)

METHOD FOR OPERATING A BICYCLE DRIVE

Title (de)

VERFAHREN ZUM BETREIBEN EINES FAHRRADANTRIEBS

Title (fr)

PROCÉDÉ DE FONCTIONNEMENT D'UN ENTRAÎNEMENT DE BICYCLETTE

Publication

EP 4396074 A1 20240710 (DE)

Application

EP 22769956 A 20220830

Priority

  • DE 102021209469 A 20210830
  • EP 2022074022 W 20220830

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2023031158A1] The invention relates to a method for operating a bicycle drive (10). The bicycle drive (10) has a bottom bracket shaft (12), an electric drive motor (38), and a gear unit (18) with a shifting element (26) for changing gear ratios, a first gear element (20), and a second gear element (24). The gear unit (18) is designed to transmit a torque from the bottom bracket shaft (12) to an output (22) of the bicycle drive (10) in a shiftable manner with at least one first and second gear ratio, wherein the first gear element (20) is connected to the second gear element (24) in one of the two gear ratios in order to transmit a torque by means of the shifting element (26). The method has at least the following steps: - detecting a gear change request; and - controlling the drive motor (38) on the basis of the detected gear change request in order to reduce a load acting on the shifting element (26). The invention additionally relates to a bicycle drive (10) and a bicycle.

IPC 8 full level

B62M 11/06 (2006.01); B62M 6/45 (2010.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B62M 6/45 (2013.01); B62M 11/06 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

Designated validation state (EPC)

KH MA MD TN

DOCDB simple family (publication)

DE 102021209469 A1 20230302; DE 102021209469 B4 20230323; CN 117836203 A 20240405; EP 4396074 A1 20240710; WO 2023031158 A1 20230309

DOCDB simple family (application)

DE 102021209469 A 20210830; CN 202280057625 A 20220830; EP 2022074022 W 20220830; EP 22769956 A 20220830