Abstract: A drive unit of a vehicle includes a motor and a crankshaft mechanically coupled by a transmission and located within a housing. The transmission includes a first gear wheel rotatable about a motor axis and a second gear wheel rotatable about a crank axis. The housing includes a first fastening region and a second fastening region, configured for fastening the drive unit to a frame interface of the vehicle, wherein, in a cutting plane through the drive unit and orthogonally to the crank axis, a longitudinal axis is defined that intersects the crank axis and the motor axis, and a first line is defined that is orthogonal to the longitudinal axis and tangential on an outer circumference of the motor, and wherein the first fastening region has a first center point arranged on the first line or on a side of the first line facing away from the crank axis.

Abstract: A frame assembly of a two-wheeled vehicle, operable with muscle power and/or motor power. The frame assembly includes a main frame, a sprung rear triangle, and at least one connecting element, which is arranged on the main frame. The connecting element connecting at least a part of the rear triangle to the main frame so as to be pivotable about a joint axis, and the connecting element being equipped for mounting a drive unit on the main frame.

Abstract: A drive assembly of a vehicle operable with muscular power and/or motor power. The drive assembly includes: a drive unit; a frame interface, the drive unit being arranged at least partially between a first wall and a second wall of the frame interface, the drive unit including a through-hole; two sleeves inserted into the through-hole of the drive unit on both sides; and a through-bolt inserted through the through-hole and the two sleeves and holding the drive unit on each of the two walls.

Abstract: A drive assembly of a vehicle which can be operated by means of muscle power and/or motor power. The drive assembly includes: a drive unit, a frame interface, wherein the drive unit is disposed at least partially between a first wall and a second wall of the frame interface, wherein the drive unit comprises a through-bore, two sleeves which are inserted into the through-bore of the drive unit on both sides, and a through-bolt which is inserted through the through-bore and the two sleeves and holds the drive unit on each of the two walls. The through-bolt braces the two walls against one another.

Abstract: A drive system of a vehicle which is operable using muscular energy and/or motor power. The drive system includes a drive unit and a frame interface, the drive unit being at least partially situated between a first wall and a second wall of the frame interface. The drive system further includes a holding device, which holds the drive unit on each of the two walls, the holding device being fixed in place on the second wall; and a tolerance compensation element. The first wall has a first wall opening. The tolerance compensation element is developed in the form of a sleeve and is situated inside the first wall opening. A part of the holding device is disposed inside the tolerance compensation element in an axially movable manner.

Abstract: A drive assemblage is described for a vehicle drivable by muscle energy and/or—in particular additionally—by motor energy, to an electric bicycle, e-bike, or pedelec, having: a crank spindle rotatable around a rotation axis for receiving a first torque that is generated in particular by muscle energy; and a transfer device that is embodied to transfer the first torque from the crank spindle to an output drive element couplable to a drive wheel of the vehicle, and is embodied, by way of an—in particular automatically—shiftable spur gear transmission, for a variable conversion ratio, in which: the spur gear transmission has a first shiftable spur gear transmission and a second shiftable spur gear transmission separate therefrom; the first shiftable spur gear transmission and the second shiftable spur gear transmission have a common transmission output to the couplable output drive element; and the first shiftable spur gear transmission and the second shiftable spur gear transmission are couplable alternatingly

Abstract: A bicycle includes an electrical auxiliary drive, including an electric motor, a battery for storing electrical energy, which battery is connected to the electric motor, a crank mechanism having pedal cranks, which are mounted on a pedal crankshaft disposed about a crank axis, so as to be able to rotate, and a planetary gear for driving the bicycle both by the electric motor and by the muscle power of a driver, the planetary gear and the electric motor being disposed about the pedal crankshaft of the crank mechanism.

Abstract: A drive system for a pedal-operable vehicle, including a drive motor, pedals on pedal arms, a bottom bracket spindle on which the pedal arms are mounted, and a drive mechanism for transferring drive energy. A clearance is present in a transfer path between a pedal arm and a drive wheel, rotating with the bottom bracket spindle, of the drive mechanism. The system includes a return device with which the clearance-affected parts are transferable, at or below an idle pedal force within their clearance with respect to one another, into an idle position in which the clearance-affected parts assume a predefined relative position; the clearance-affected parts being removable, within the clearance, from the idle position by way of pedal force above the idle pedal force against the action of the return device; and information as to whether the clearance-affected parts are in an idle position being furnishable as electrical signals.

Abstract: A drive assemblage is described for a vehicle drivable by muscle energy and/or—in particular additionally—by motor energy, to an electric bicycle, e-bike, or pedelec, having: a crank spindle rotatable around a rotation axis for receiving a first torque that is generated in particular by muscle energy; and a transfer device that is embodied to transfer the first torque from the crank spindle to an output drive element couplable to a drive wheel of the vehicle, and is embodied, by way of an—in particular automatically—shiftable spur gear transmission, for a variable conversion ratio, in which: the spur gear transmission has a first shiftable spur gear transmission and a second shiftable spur gear transmission separate therefrom; the first shiftable spur gear transmission and the second shiftable spur gear transmission have a common transmission output to the couplable output drive element; and the first shiftable spur gear transmission and the second shiftable spur gear transmission are couplable alternatingly

Abstract: A vehicle drivable by motor power and/or pedal power, in particular to an electric bicycle, including: a crank mechanism having a crank spindle; an output drive element that delivers a drive torque for the vehicle, in particular to a chain or the like; an electric drive system having a reduction linkage; and a steplessly adjustable planetary linkage, an output element of the steplessly adjustable planetary linkage transferring the drive torque to the output drive element.

Abstract: A vehicle which is operable by a motor and/or muscular energy, in particular an electric bicycle, which includes an electric motor, a crankshaft drive having a first crank, a second crank, and a crankshaft, a torque sensor for detecting a torque applied by a rider at the crankshaft drive, and a control unit, which is set up to actuate the electric motor based on at least the values acquired by the torque sensor to drive the vehicle, the torque sensor being situated at the crankshaft drive and the torque sensor including at least one surface acoustic wave sensor.

Abstract: A bicycle includes an electrical auxiliary drive, including an electric motor, a battery for storing electrical energy, which battery is connected to the electric motor, a crank mechanism having pedal cranks, which are mounted on a pedal crankshaft disposed about a crank axis, so as to be able to rotate, and a planetary gear for driving the bicycle both by the electric motor and by the muscle power of a driver, the planetary gear and the electric motor being disposed about the pedal crankshaft of the crank mechanism.

Abstract: A friction ring transmission for a vehicle operable using motor power and/or pedal power, including a crankshaft for pedal cranks, in particular, for an electric bicycle, the friction ring transmission including an inner friction ring and an outer friction ring, and at least one rotatable double tapered roller situated on a roller carrier, which frictionally engages with the inner friction wheel and the outer friction ring, in each case with a contact force, when a torque is transmitted via the friction ring transmission, a force return device for transmitting a contact force from one friction ring to the other friction ring being situated in a power flow path from the inner friction ring to the outer friction ring, one of the friction rings being rotatably fixedly situated in relation to the force return device and the other friction ring being rotatably situated in relation to the force return device.

Abstract: A bicycle includes an electrical auxiliary drive, including an electric motor, a battery for storing electrical energy, which battery is connected to the electric motor, a crank mechanism having pedal cranks, which are mounted on a pedal crankshaft disposed about a crank axis, so as to be able to rotate, and a planetary gear for driving the bicycle both by the electric motor and by the muscle power of a driver, the planetary gear and the electric motor being disposed about the pedal crankshaft of the crank mechanism.

Abstract: A friction-ring gear unit for a vehicle that is operable by motor power and/or pedaling power, in particular for an electrical bicycle having an electric motor, comprising a crankshaft for pedal cranks, and an inner friction ring (26) and an outer friction ring, as well as at least one rotatable dualcone roller which is situated on a roller carrier and is in frictional engagement with the inner friction ring and the outer friction ring, the friction-ring gear unit being situated coaxially around the crankshaft.

Abstract: A drive system for a pedal-operable vehicle, including a drive motor, pedals on pedal arms, a bottom bracket spindle on which the pedal arms are mounted, and a drive mechanism for transferring drive energy. A clearance is present in a transfer path between a pedal arm and a drive wheel, rotating with the bottom bracket spindle, of the drive mechanism. The system includes a return device with which the clearance-affected parts are transferable, at or below an idle pedal force within their clearance with respect to one another, into an idle position in which the clearance-affected parts assume a predefined relative position; the clearance-affected parts being removable, within the clearance, from the idle position by way of pedal force above the idle pedal force against the action of the return device; and information as to whether the clearance-affected parts are in an idle position being furnishable as electrical signals.

Abstract: A vehicle operable by motor and/or by muscle power, in particular an electric bicycle, including a crank drive, an electric drive, a power supply, a chain, a gearshift having at least one first gearwheel and one second gearwheel and a chain transfer assistance unit, which assists a transfer of the chain from the first gearwheel to the second gearwheel during a gear change, and a control unit, to control the electric drive, the chain transfer assistance unit being situated on one of the gearwheels, and the control unit being configured to drive the electric drive during a gear change to move the chain so that the chain transfer assistance unit is moved into a gear change position, in which a gear change is assisted by the chain transfer assistance unit.

Abstract: A vehicle drivable by motor power and/or pedal power, in particular to an electric bicycle, including: a crank mechanism having a crank spindle; an output drive element that delivers a drive torque for the vehicle, in particular to a chain or the like; an electric drive system having a reduction linkage; and a steplessly adjustable planetary linkage, an output element of the steplessly adjustable planetary linkage transferring the drive torque to the output drive element.

Abstract: A vehicle which is operable by a motor and/or muscular energy, in particular an electric bicycle, which includes an electric motor, a crankshaft drive having a first crank, a second crank, and a crankshaft, a torque sensor for detecting a torque applied by a rider at the crankshaft drive, and a control unit, which is set up to actuate the electric motor based on at least the values acquired by the torque sensor to drive the vehicle, the torque sensor being situated at the crankshaft drive and the torque sensor including at least one surface acoustic wave sensor.

Abstract: An electric bicycle includes: an electric drive; a power supply; a chain; a gearshift mechanism; an electric actuator for actuating the gearshift mechanism; and a control unit for controlling the electric drive and the electric actuator. The control unit is configured to drive the electric drive in response to a gear shift command in order to move the chain so that a gear shift operation with the aid of the electric actuator is possible.