Patents by Inventor Satoshi Shahana
Satoshi Shahana has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240116594Abstract: A suspension control system is provided for a suspension of a human-powered vehicle. The suspension control system basically includes a detector, an electronic controller and an additional detector. The detector is configured to detect information relating to a running condition of the human-powered vehicle indirectly indicative of a pedaling state of the human-powered vehicle. The electronic controller is configured to output a control signal to adjust an operating state of the suspension in accordance with the information detected by the detector. The additional detector is configured to detect additional information relating to at least one of a riding posture of rider riding the human-powered vehicle and a terrain condition. The electronic controller is configured to output the control signal to adjust the operating state of the suspension in accordance with the information in combination with the additional information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventor: Satoshi SHAHANA
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Patent number: 11952081Abstract: A human-powered vehicle control device includes an electronic controller that controls a transmission to shift a ratio of a rotational speed of a wheel to a rotational speed of a crank axle in accordance with a control state. In a case where the controller controls the transmission to shift the ratio in accordance with an input from a shift operation device in a first control state, the controller changes the control state to a second control state. In a case where a change amount of a parameter related to a vehicle state of the human-powered vehicle becomes a predetermined amount or greater in the second control state, the controller changes the control state to the first control state. Shifting of the ratio in accordance with a shifting condition is more restricted in the second control state than the first control state.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventor: Satoshi Shahana
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Patent number: 11939028Abstract: A bicycle component controller is basically provided with a processor. The processor is configured to perform a gear shift control based on a sprocket assembly information of at least one sprocket assembly. The sprocket assembly information at least includes a single shifting distance and shifting gate information. The single shifting distance corresponds to an axial spacing between adjacent sprockets of the at least one sprocket assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2023Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Satoshi Shahana, Mitsuhiko Kawasaki, Shota Suyama
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Patent number: 11932347Abstract: A control device and a transmission system are configured to improve riding comfort of a human-powered vehicle. The control device includes an electronic controller that is configured to control a transmission device of a human-powered vehicle so that a transmission ratio at which the vehicle is started becomes equal to a designated transmission ratio. The electronic controller is configured to set the designated transmission ratio based on reference information that excludes information related to a gradient of a road surface, information related to manual operation of the transmission device, and information related to propulsion assistance of the human-powered vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Satoshi Shahana, Mitsuhiko Kawasaki
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Publication number: 20240083542Abstract: A human-powered vehicle control device includes an electronic controller that controls a transmission device to shift a ratio of a rotational speed of a wheel to a rotational speed of a crank axle in stages. The controller controls the transmission device so that the transmission device performs a first shifting action that shifts the ratio by only one stage in a case where a shifting condition is satisfied. The transmission device is controlled by the electronic controller so that the transmission device performs a second shifting action that shifts the ratio by two or more stages in a case where the shifting condition is satisfied and a vehicle state of the human-powered vehicle is a predetermined state. The predetermined state includes a state in which a change amount of a parameter related to the vehicle state is a predetermined amount or greater.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventor: Satoshi SHAHANA
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Publication number: 20240083544Abstract: A human-powered vehicle control device includes an electronic controller that controls a transmission device to shift a ratio of a rotational speed of a wheel to a rotational speed of a crank axle. The controller controls the transmission device between first, second, and third control states. The controller controls the transmission device in the first control state for a predetermined period in a case where the human-powered vehicle starts to travel until a vehicle state becomes a predetermined state. The controller switches from the first to the second control state if the vehicle state becomes the predetermined state. The controller switches from the first to the third control state if a human driving force input to the human-powered vehicle becomes greater than a predetermined driving force during the predetermined period. Shifting of the ratio is more restricted in the first control state than the second and third control states.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventor: Satoshi SHAHANA
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Publication number: 20240083543Abstract: A human-powered vehicle control device includes an electronic controller that controls a transmission to shift a ratio of a rotational speed of a wheel to a rotational speed of a crank axle in accordance with a control state. In a case where the controller controls the transmission to shift the ratio in accordance with an input from a shift operation device in a first control state, the controller changes the control state to a second control state. In a case where a change amount of a parameter related to a vehicle state of the human-powered vehicle becomes a predetermined amount or greater in the second control state, the controller changes the control state to the first control state. Shifting of the ratio in accordance with a shifting condition is more restricted in the second control state than the first control state.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventor: Satoshi SHAHANA
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Publication number: 20240076009Abstract: A control device for a human-powered vehicle includes an electronic controller. The human-powered vehicle includes a motor that applies a propulsion force to the human-powered vehicle and a transmission that shifts a transmission ratio of the human-powered vehicle between a plurality of shift stages. The electronic controller is configured to control the motor. The electronic controller is configured to decrease an upper limit value of an output of the motor in an up-shift operation. The electronic controller is configured to decrease the upper limit value in a down-shift operation. The electronic controller is configured to control the motor so that the upper limit value in the up-shift operation performed between two predetermined ones of the shift stages that differ in the transmission ratio by one stage differs from the upper limit value in the down-shift operation performed between the two predetermined ones of the shift stages.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Satoshi SHAHANA, Toru TAKAYANAGI, Takeshi UEDA, Atsuhiro EMURA, Hayato SHIMAZU
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Patent number: 11919607Abstract: A bicycle rear derailleur includes a base element including a first attachment end for coaxial installation on a rear-wheel axis and a second attachment end, a movable element movable relative to the base element, a linkage mechanism connecting the movable element to the base element, and a chain guide arrangement rotatably connected to the movable element. The second attachment end is coupled to the linkage mechanism. The first attachment end includes a first arm and a second arm, which are spaced apart in an axial direction with respect to the rear-wheel axis. The base element includes an angular position adjustment structure that adjusts an angular position of the derailleur relative to a bicycle frame by rotating the first arm and the second arm about the rear-wheel axis. The angular position adjustment structure is disposed between the first and second attachment ends in a radial direction of the rear-wheel axis.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Satoshi Shahana, Sota Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20240034431Abstract: A control device for a human-powered vehicle includes an electronic controller. The human-powered vehicle includes a crank axle that receives a human driving force, a first rotational body connected to the crank axle, a wheel, a second rotational body connected to the wheel, a transmission body engaged with the rotational bodies to transmit a driving force between the rotational bodies, a derailleur that operates the transmission body to shift a transmission ratio, and a motor that drives the transmission body. The electronic controller controls the motor to drive the transmission body with the motor without propelling the human-powered vehicle with the driving force of the motor in a case where a first condition in which the crank axle is rotated and the human-powered vehicle is propelled without the human driving force and a shifting condition for shifting the transmission ratio with the derailleur are satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventor: Satoshi SHAHANA
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Publication number: 20240034430Abstract: A control device for a human-powered vehicle includes an electronic controller. The human-powered vehicle includes a crank axle configured to receive a human driving force, a first rotational body connected to the crank axle, a wheel, a second rotational body connected to the wheel, a transmission body engaged with the first rotational body and the second rotational body to transmit the driving force between the first rotational body and the second rotational body, a motor configured to drive the transmission body, and a first operating unit configured to be operable by a user of the human-powered vehicle and irrelevant to a shifting operation of the human-powered vehicle. The electronic controller is configured to control the motor so as to drive the transmission body with the motor without propelling the human-powered vehicle with the driving force of the motor upon the user operating the first operating unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Satoshi SHAHANA, Tadaharu KUROTOBI
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Patent number: 11884357Abstract: A suspension control system is provided for a suspension of a human-powered vehicle. The suspension control system basically includes a detector and an electronic controller. The detector is configured to detect information relating to a running condition of the human-powered vehicle indirectly indicative of a pedaling state of the human-powered vehicle. The electronic controller is configured to output a control signal to adjust an operating state of the suspension in accordance with the information detected by the detector.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventor: Satoshi Shahana
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Publication number: 20240002006Abstract: A control device is provided for a human-powered vehicle that includes a crank axle configured to receive a human driving force, a first rotational body connected to the crank axle, a second rotational body connected to a wheel, a transmission body engaged with the first and second rotational bodies to transmit a driving force between the first and second rotational bodies, and a motor configured to drive the transmission body. The control device includes an electronic controller configured to control the motor. Upon a predetermined condition being satisfied, the electronic controller drives the motor so that a rotational torque of the first rotational body produced by the motor is kept less than or equal to a predetermined torque which is 1 Nm or greater and 10 Nm or less. The predetermined condition includes a first condition in which rotation of the crank axle is stopped.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventor: Satoshi SHAHANA
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Patent number: 11840316Abstract: To provide a human-powered vehicle control device configured to perform shifting in accordance with situations, a control device is configured to control a transmission of a human-powered vehicle. The control device comprises an electronic controller configured to control the transmission. The electronic controller includes at least one shifting condition for actuating the transmission to shift a transmission ratio. The electronic controller holds the shifting condition that is related with riding-related information of the human-powered vehicle in a case where the human-powered vehicle is in a riding convergence state.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Satoshi Shahana, Mitsuhiko Kawasaki, Takehiko Nakajima
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Patent number: 11840312Abstract: A human-powered vehicle includes a crank axle, a first rotational body, a wheel, a second rotational body, a transmission body that transmits a driving force between the first rotational body and the second rotational body, a derailleur configured to operate the transmission body to change a transmission ratio, a motor configured to drive the transmission body and an electric actuator configured to operate the derailleur. A control device has an electronic controller configured to control electric actuator and the motor. The electronic controller is configured to control the electric actuator and drive the transmission body with the motor so that the transmission ratio is changed in a predetermined shifting range in upon determining the derailleur has been actuated to change the transmission ratio and a predetermined condition related to pedaling is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2023Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Satoshi Shahana, Hayato Shimazu, Mitsuhiko Kawasaki, Atsuhiro Emura
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Patent number: 11840313Abstract: A human-powered vehicle includes a crank axle, a first rotational body, a wheel, a second rotational body, a transmission body that transmits a driving force between the first rotational body and the second rotational body, a derailleur configured to operate the transmission body to change a transmission ratio, an electric actuator configured to actuate the derailleur, and a motor configured to drive the transmission body. A control device has an electronic controller configured to control the motor and drive the transmission body upon determining the derailleur has been actuated with the electric actuator to change the transmission ratio and a predetermined condition related to pedaling is satisfied. The electronic controller is configured to control the electric actuator so as not to change the transmission ratio until a first condition related to shifting is satisfied in a case where the derailleur is actuated.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2023Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Satoshi Shahana, Hayato Shimazu, Mitsuhiko Kawasaki, Atsuhiro Emura
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Publication number: 20230382482Abstract: A control device for a human-powered vehicle comprises an electronic controller configured to obtain driving-environment information relating to driving environment of the human-powered vehicle. The driving-environment information includes at least one of traffic information relating to traffic and road object information relating to road objects. The electronic controller is configured to control an electric component based on the driving-environment information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2022Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: SHIMANO INC.Inventors: Toyoto SHIRAI, Nobukatsu HARA, Yuki SAKAGAWA, Satoshi SHAHANA, Noor Ashyikkin BINTI MOHD NOOR
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Patent number: 11807336Abstract: A human-powered vehicle control device is provided for controlling a human-powered vehicle. The human-powered vehicle control device includes an electronic controller controls a transmission device in accordance with a control state including first and second control states. The electronic controller changes the transmission ratio in accordance with a shifting condition including a reference value related to a traveling state of the human-powered vehicle in the first control state. The electronic controller changes the transmission ratio in accordance with an operation performed on an operation portion in the second control state. The electronic controller changes the shifting condition in accordance with a converging reference value for a case where the human-powered vehicle is in a riding converging state. The electronic controller changes the shifting condition in accordance with the converging reference value for a case where the control state is the second control state.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Satoshi Shahana, Mitsuhiko Kawasaki, Takehiko Nakajima
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Patent number: 11787498Abstract: A control device for a human-powered vehicle includes an electronic controller configured to control a motor, which is configured to apply a propulsion force to the human-powered vehicle, so as to change a ratio of an assist force produced by the motor to a human driving force in accordance with the human driving force. The electronic controller controls the motor so that the assist force produced by the motor becomes smaller than a maximum value upon determining a torque of the human driving force is smaller than a first predetermined value, and controls the motor so that the assist force produced by the motor becomes equal to the maximum value upon determining the torque of the human driving force becomes equal to the first predetermined value, and the first predetermined value is a value in a range of 50 Nm or greater and 130 Nm or less.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Satoshi Shahana, Mitsuhiko Kawasaki
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Patent number: 11787500Abstract: A control device for a human-powered vehicle including a motor that applies a propulsion force to the human-powered vehicle, a crank axle, a driving wheel, and a transmission that automatically changes a transmission ratio of a rotational speed of the driving wheel to a rotational speed of the crank axle in accordance with a travel state of the human-powered vehicle. The control device includes an electronic controller that controls the motor in accordance with a human driving force input to the crank axle. The controller changes an assist state related to at least one of an assist ratio of an assist force by the motor to a predetermined human driving force and the assist force by the motor in accordance with the human driving force and controls the transmission to maintain the transmission ratio upon determining a parameter related to the human driving force satisfies a predetermined condition.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Satoshi Shahana, Hitoshi Takayama