Patents by Inventor UWE SEUFERT

UWE SEUFERT 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).

  • Method and apparatus for controlling automatic gear-change processes of an electric gear-change apparatus of a bicycle
    Patent number: 10086906
    Abstract: Controlling automatic gear-changing of an electric gear-change apparatus of a bicycle, the method may involve assigning each of a plurality of gears of the bicycle a predetermined gearing range. Controlling the process may also involve assigning a predetermined lower limit value and a predetermined upper limit value to each gearing range, wherein the upper limit value of a gearing range is in each case larger by a predetermined value than the lower limit value of a next higher gearing range, and the upper limit value of the gearing range and the lower limit value of the next higher gearing range define between them an overlap range. Controlling the process may also involve selecting an engagement of either a gear or a next higher gear in the overlap range depending on a speed profile of the bicycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: SRAM, LLC
    Inventors: Sven Baumann, Egon Schmittfull, Uwe Seufert
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AUTOMATIC GEAR-CHANGE PROCESSES OF AN ELECTRIC GEAR-CHANGE APPARATUS OF A BICYCLE
    Publication number: 20160200396
    Abstract: Controlling automatic gear-changing of an electric gear-change apparatus of a bicycle, the method may involve assigning each of a plurality of gears of the bicycle a predetermined gearing range. Controlling the process may also involve assigning a predetermined lower limit value and a predetermined upper limit value to each gearing range, wherein the upper limit value of a gearing range is in each case larger by a predetermined value than the lower limit value of a next higher gearing range, and the upper limit value of the gearing range and the lower limit value of the next higher gearing range define between them an overlap range. Controlling the process may also involve selecting an engagement of either a gear or a next higher gear in the overlap range depending on a speed profile of the bicycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: SRAM Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: SVEN BAUMANN, EGON SCHMITTFULL, UWE SEUFERT