For Bicycle Patents (Class 340/432)
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Patent number: 11975785Abstract: An automated bicycle lighting system comprising light modules that contain sensors and a processor which enable the color and/or flash state of the emitted light to be changed depending upon the physical orientation of the modules is provided. The sensors and processor also allow the operating state of the light modules to be adjusted depending upon whether movement of the light modules is sensed. The modules are used in combination with pedals configured to removably receive the modules and/or with an auxiliary mount that provides for mounting the modules to other components of a bicycle, such as, for example, handlebars, seat-posts, frame tubes, helmets and/or a rider's clothing.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: REDSHIFT SPORTS LLCInventors: Erik Teig de Brun, Stephen Dewei Ahnert, Scott David Poff, Justin T. Dodd
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Patent number: 11970242Abstract: A brake lever and a transmission with a novel antenna are provided. The brake lever is attachable to the handlebar. The brake lever includes a long portion configured as including an electrically conductive material and an antenna located on the long portion. The antenna includes a first conductor, a second conductor facing the first conductor in a first direction, a third conductor, a fourth conductor, and a power supply line configured to be electromagnetically connected to the third conductor. The third conductor is located between the first conductor and the second conductor, is configured to capacitively connect the first conductor and the second conductor, and extends in the first direction. The fourth conductor is connected to the first conductor and the second conductor and extends in the first direction. The fourth conductor faces the long portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Hikaru Nekozuka, Nobuki Hiramatsu, Hiromichi Yoshikawa, Sunao Hashimoto
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Patent number: 11964730Abstract: A coordinator device for a bicycle includes a processor configured to receive a signal generated in response to user input at an input element from a controller device. The signal includes data identifying a device type and data identifying the input element. The coordinator device includes a memory configured to store the data identifying the device type and the data identifying the input element. The processor is configured to generate a notification based on the received signal, transmit the generated notification to the mobile device, and in response to the transmission of the generated notification, receive a request for data related to the received signal from the mobile device. The processor is further configured, in response to the request, to transmit the stored data to the mobile device, such that an association of the controller device with the representation of the controller device is identifiable within the GUI at the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: SRAM, LLCInventors: Kristi Lin, Paul Feuerstein, Alexander Kon-I Ho
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Patent number: 11938861Abstract: An auxiliary lighting system for a helmet operable with a lighting system of a vehicle comprising a vehicle brake light, comprised of a helmet portion and a vehicle portion. The helmet portion is comprised of a helmet lighting unit, a microcontroller in communication with the helmet brake light, and a helmet transceiver in communication with the microcontroller. The vehicle portion is comprised of a supporting body, a vehicle transceiver, and an accelerometer joined to the supporting body and in communication with the microcontroller. The microcontroller is programmed with an algorithm such that the microcontroller receives a signal indicative of the relative position of the accelerometer, determines the performance capability of the accelerometer in detecting acceleration of the vehicle with respect to the Earth based upon the signal indicative of the position of the accelerometer, and presents an indication of accelerometer performance capability.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Third Eye Design, Inc.Inventors: David R. Werner, David Zima
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Patent number: 11932338Abstract: A bicycle security alarm device is provided. The device includes a battery, a control chip, an alarm unit and a sensor mounted on a bicycle front fork. when a thief moves or rides a bicycle, the sensor detects the vibration of the bicycle and transmits a detection signal to the control chip. The control chip transmits an alarm signal to the alarm unit and operates the alarm unit. The alarm unit emits sound to attract the attention of people around.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: DAH KEN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Ming-Ta Tsai
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Patent number: 11928955Abstract: A control device includes a controller and a safety disconnect mechanism that is illuminable. The controller couples to a power supply line and a load line. Further, the controller is operable to control a power output on the load line using a power supplied by the power supply line. The safety disconnect mechanism is manipulatable between (i) an engaged state, coinciding with the power supply line being electrically coupled to the load line, and (ii) a disengaged state, coinciding with the power supply line and the load line being electrically decoupled, so that no power output is provided on the load line. A lighting element can be provided with the safety disconnect mechanism, where the lighting element is configured to have at least a first illumination state that is indicative of the safety disconnect mechanism being in the engaged position, and a second illumination state that is indicative of the safety disconnect mechanism being in the disengaged state.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: BRILLIANT HOME TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Brian Cardanha, Iris Yan
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Patent number: 11897565Abstract: Various systems and methods associated with protecting a rider of an electric bicycle from hazards while riding their bicycle are described. In some embodiments, the systems and methods enhance the safety of the rider in response current detected conditions surrounding the rider, such as conditions associated with the route or path traveled by the rider, other vehicles within the route or path traveled by the rider, potential hazards within the route or path traveled by the rider, environmental conditions through which the rider is traveling, and so on.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: RAD POWER BIKES INC.Inventors: Redwood Stephens, Kyle Lobisser, Derek Gutheil, Jake Silsby, Andrew Ressa, Neal Wilding, Zachary Williams
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Patent number: 11869651Abstract: A system configured to be coupled with a participant of an activity. The system comprises: a participant activity monitoring unit configured for monitoring a performance of the activity by the participant; an activity information module configured for storing performance information corresponding to the activity; and a participant performance correlator configured for delivering comparative performance data based on the monitored performance of the activity by the participant and the stored performance information.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.Inventors: Mario Galasso, Wesley E. Allinger, David M. Haugen, Robert David Kaswen, Mark Stephen Fitzsimmons
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Patent number: 11845512Abstract: A bicycle control assembly may be provided for operating an electromechanical gear shifting device. The control assembly includes a graspable housing mountable to the bicycle, a power supply connected to the control assembly disposed in the housing, a first operating member movably connected to the housing, and electronic componentry disposed on the first operating member. The electronic componentry may include an electrical switch, a controller in communication with the electrical switch and configured to generate a signal to change a shift position of the gear shifting device responsive to an input from the electrical switch, and an antenna in communication with the controller and configured to send the signal. The control assembly may also include a cable extending from the housing to the first operating member connecting the power supply and the electronic componentry.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: SRAM, LLCInventors: Christopher Shipman, Matthew C. Morris
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Patent number: 11845506Abstract: A bottle cage includes a storage space. The storage space has a wide section and a narrow section arranged axially along a reference line. The wide and the narrow sections include widths thereof extending transversely to the reference line. The wide section has a first width and the narrow section has a second width respectively. The second width is smaller than the first width. The storage space includes an electronic device with satellite positioning function installed therein in a separable installation manner.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Inventor: Louis Chuang
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Patent number: 11837033Abstract: A micromobility electric vehicle comprising an electronic device holder and an integrated display to improve a user experience with the electric vehicle. The electric vehicle comprises handlebars coupled to an upper portion of a stem and configured to steer the vehicle, an electronic device holder having spring-loaded arms that retract at least partially into the handlebars, wherein the spring-loaded arms are configured to apply a force against edges of an electronic device when arranged between the spring-loaded arms, wherein the electronic device has a mobile display, and an integrated display arranged on a top surface of the upper portion of the stem and positioned between the spring-loaded arms of the electronic device holder, wherein the integrated display is configured to display information about the micromobility electric vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Lyft, Inc.Inventors: Gregoire Ludovic Vincent Vandenbussche, Daniel Lami Goldstein
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Patent number: 11830387Abstract: A wheel rotation imaging control system, including: a wheel rotation imaging apparatus, which can display images during wheel rotation; and a data processing apparatus, which can establish a connection with the wheel rotation imaging apparatus, process data related to the wheel rotation imaging apparatus, and control the wheel rotation imaging apparatus to image. By means of wireless connection, the present application can realize non-contact remote reading and configuration of internal parameters of a wheel rotation imaging device, remote control of media playback, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: CITIC DICASTAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Shiwen Xu, Minglei Li, Yao Dai, Shaoqian Wang, Weidong Liu, Xi Li
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Patent number: 11818415Abstract: A remote control apparatus for setting a mode according to a state of a broadcast receiving apparatus is provided. The remote control apparatus sets operation modes based on information regarding a state of a broadcast receiving apparatus received from the broadcast receiving apparatus. The operation mode of the remote control apparatus is automatically set based on information regarding a state of a broadcast receiving apparatus, so less power is consumed in the remote control apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Young-mi Jung
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Patent number: 11814126Abstract: To provide a driver alert system capable of improving the safety. A bicycle includes a first transmission circuit transmitting a first ultrasonic wave, a first receiving circuit receiving a second ultrasonic wave, an arithmetic circuit detecting the presence or absence of an object from the second ultrasonic wave, and a second transmission circuit transmitting a third ultrasonic wave. A driver wears a second housing including a second receiving circuit receiving the third ultrasonic wave. The arithmetic circuit includes a first selection circuit selecting a potential based on the second ultrasonic wave at a different timing, a plurality of signal retention circuits retaining a potential based on the second ultrasonic wave, a second selection circuit selecting any one of the plurality of signal retention circuits, and a signal processing circuit to which a signal selected in and output from the second selection circuit is input.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shuichi Katsui, Takayuki Ikeda
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Patent number: 11815260Abstract: A collapsible marshalling wand system that includes a marshalling wand that can be set in an elongated operational configuration while used, as well as a smaller collapsed configuration when not in use, and an accompanying recharging device, along with an accompanying charging station. The marshalling wand includes a plurality of wand portions integrated telescopically, with the wand portions including a lighting system and a wireless alert system. The charging station allows for multiple marshalling wands to be recharged simultaneously in a variety of locations. As such, the collapsible marshalling wand system allows all ground personnel to conveniently keep a marshalling wand with them at all times as well as for extra marshalling wands to be stored at a charging station positioned on runways.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Inventor: Andrea Vetere
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Patent number: 11807333Abstract: An insert storage device for storing items inside a generally cylindrical passage such as a handlebar or pole. The device has a first end, a second end, and an elongate portion joining the first and second ends. The elongate portion has a storage compartment configured to store a removable pipe. The first end creates an interference fit between the insert storage device and the generally cylindrical passage, and the second end has a separate storage compartment with a movable cap that provides access.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: LEBEAU INC.Inventor: Mark LeBeau
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Patent number: 11803931Abstract: An information processing apparatus is configured to acquire a rental request for a company vehicle used for a business operation of a company, select the company vehicle, in response to the rental request, from among private vehicles that are used by employees of the company when they go to work and are available as the company vehicle, and provide, in a case where a private vehicle is selected in selecting the company vehicle in response to the rental request and rented out as the company vehicle, to a requestor who has sent the rental request availability information that enables the requestor to use the selected private vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shin Sakurada, Kazuya Nishimura, Masaru Ando, Toshinari Honda
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Patent number: 11798386Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to an anti-theft device. The anti-theft device may comprise an arm hook which has a long arm movably inserted into a guide slot, a cable which penetrates through a vacuum cup and is electrically connected to a circuit board, and a monitoring assembly for protecting the anti-theft device against damage is mounted on the anti-theft device and comprises a switch arranged on the circuit board and magnetic steel arranged on a short arm of the arm hook.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Industrial Security Solutions, Corp.Inventors: David Michael Sandoval, Mingjun Hu
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Patent number: 11794847Abstract: A handlebar stem core (1) for a handlebar stem of a bicycle comprises a rear-side steer tube receptacle (1a), a front-side handlebar receptacle (1c), and a handlebar stem tube (1b) lying in between. The handlebar stem core is formed for the integrated guidance of a number n of cables (5), with n equal to 1, 2, 3, 4 or greater, and the handlebar stem core is configured for attachment to a cable central section of the number n of cables. The solution allows for guiding mechanical, hydraulic or else electrical brake and gear cables or lines proceeding from the respective operating elements at the handlebar or the handlebar ends to the bicycle frame or the head tube and/or the bicycle fork in a manner concealed from the outside with a low assembly outlay.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: SCOTT SPORTS SAInventor: William Juban
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Patent number: 11780530Abstract: A spacer for connecting a suspension component to a frame of a bicycle includes a spacer body and a flexible portion disposed at one end of the spacer body and configured to exert an axial bias force under compression. The spacer body and the flexible portion form a unitary part.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: SRAM, LLCInventor: David Camp
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Patent number: 11772602Abstract: A vehicle locking boot includes a horizontal support arm and a first vertical support arm extending from the horizontal support arm. The first vertical support arm includes a front engagement protrusion. A receiving sleeve extends from the horizontal support arm at a base of the first vertical support arm. A horizontal extension portion is coupled to the horizontal support arm. A second vertical support arm extends from the horizontal extension portion. The second vertical support arm includes a rear engagement protrusion extending therefrom. The front engagement protrusion faces the rear engagement protrusion. A keypad is disposed on the first engagement portion to lock and unlock the horizontal extension portion. A lug nut blocking plate is coupled to the first vertical support arm. A global positioning system (GPS) housing is positioned at an upper portion of the first vertical support arm.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Inventor: Mike Gordon
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Patent number: 11753100Abstract: A bicycle lamp includes a first adhesive layer provided with an external adhesive surface disposed on a first surface thereof and adapted to adhere to a bicycle saddle, a coupling module adhered to a second surface of the first adhesive layer opposite to the first surface, and a luminaire connectable to the coupling module. The luminaire is configured to be fixed in relation to the bicycle saddle or detached from the bicycle saddle through the coupling module.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Inventor: Louis Chuang
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Patent number: 11752890Abstract: The disclosed apparatus may include a collar for charging a personal mobility vehicle via a dock. In some embodiments, the collar may be fitted with a charging connector that interfaces with a dock that charges the personal mobility vehicle when the personal mobility vehicle is docked. In one embodiment, the collar and a corresponding receiving element in the dock may be shaped such that the collar fits securely in the receiving element without requiring mechanical action by the collar or receiving element and only requiring a user to push the personal mobility vehicle straight into the dock. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Lyft, Inc.Inventors: Yannik Harpin, Alexander Timothy Dixon, Marie-Pierre Gendron, Carl Germain, Rochus Emanuel Jacob, Kelly Erin Johnson, Carlos Henrique Petzl Lorenz, Nicholaus Ian Lubinski, Timothy Rex Martin, Christopher Paul Merrill, Cyril Francis Meyer, III, Jacqueline Tandler, Griffin Samuel Valentine Thomson
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Patent number: 11738694Abstract: The present teaching relates to method and system related to providing an anti-tampering sensor assembly on a vehicle. An inertial measurement unit (IMU) is attached to a structure hosting at least one sensor to form a rigid integral structure, which is deployed on a vehicle with an installation pose to enable the at least one sensor therein to sense surrounding information to facilitate autonomous driving. The installation pose of the IMU is indicative of an installation pose of the at least one sensor. The IMU is configured to obtain, in accordance with a schedule, one or more measurements associated with its state, which can be used to enable detecting tampering of the rigid integral structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: PlusAI, Inc.Inventor: Ankur Agarwal
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Patent number: 11731720Abstract: A method for controlling an electric vehicle and the electric vehicle are provided. The method includes: under a condition in which the electric vehicle is in unlocked and motor control shielded states, first predetermined information is detected, wherein the first predetermined information is used for indicating that a rider is located on the electric vehicle; the electric vehicle is controlled to switch from the motor control shielded state to a motor control unshielded state; a predetermined control signal is received in the motor control unshielded state; and a motor of the electric vehicle is controlled to rotate according to a rotational speed corresponding to the predetermined control signal. With the disclosure, the problems of complex operation and poor user experience of a manner for controlling the electric vehicle in the related art are solved.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2019Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: NINE INTELLIGENT (CHANGZHOU) TECH CO., LTD.Inventor: Shengqiao Zhang
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Patent number: 11730221Abstract: A personal protective equipment wearing detection apparatus is provided which can accurately detect the approach or contact of a person's head by use of a plurality of contact detection sensors. A personal protective equipment wearing detection apparatus 100 includes a headband contact detection sensor 110 and a chin strap contact detection sensor 120, which are mounted on a headband 92 and a chin strap 94 of a helmet 90, respectively. The headband contact detection sensor 110 and the chin strap contact detection sensor 120 are connected to a controller 103 of a detection apparatus body 101. While one of the two contact detection sensors, the headband contact detection sensor 110 and the chin strap contact detection sensor 120, outputs a contact detection signal to the controller 103, the controller 103 connects the other contact detection sensor to GND.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: HERUTU ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Yuya Fujiwara, Shinichi Okada
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Patent number: 11597466Abstract: An operating device for a human-powered vehicle comprises a base member, an operating member, an accommodating structure, and a second electric power source. The operating member is movably coupled to the base member. The accommodating structure is configured to accommodate a first electric power source. The second electric power source is electrically connected so as to supply electricity to a wireless communicator. The second electric power source is separate from the first electric power source.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: SHIMANO INC.Inventors: Takaya Masuda, Fumihide Numata, Yoshiyuki Kasai, Tomohiro Takimoto, Nobuhiro Kure, Katsuhiro Tachibana, Hiroshi Tsuda, Yasuyuki Komada, Shun Kakehashi, Yuichiro Hidaka
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Patent number: 11591039Abstract: A bicycle head is configured to be mounted on a bicycle frame. The bicycle head includes a vertical tube, a stem, a handlebar, a first brake lever, and a shift control box. One end of the stem is mounted on the vertical tube. The handlebar is fixed to another end of the stem. The first brake lever assembly is mounted on the handlebar. The first brake lever assembly includes a main body, a brake assembly, a shift switch, and a battery. The brake assembly and the battery are disposed on the main body, and the shift switch is disposed on the brake assembly. The shift control box is disposed on one of the vertical tube, the stem, and the handlebar and electrically connected to the battery and the shift switch.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: TEKTRO TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Bo-Yi Liao, Chia-Hao Yang, Ting Hao Hsu
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Patent number: 11590392Abstract: Athletic performance monitoring systems and methods, many of which utilize, in some manner, global positioning satellite (“GPS”) data, provide data and information to athletes and/or to equipment used by athletes during an athletic event. Such systems and methods may provide route information to athletes and/or their trainers, e.g., for pre-event planning, goal setting, and calibration purposes. Such systems and methods optionally may provide real time information to the athlete while the event takes place, e.g., to assist in reaching the pre-set goals. Additionally, data and information collected by such systems and methods may assist in post-event analysis for athletes and their trainers, e.g., to evaluate past performances and to assist in improving future performances.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Charles W. Case, Jr., Jason P. Martin
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Patent number: 11584292Abstract: A bicycle handgrip device includes a first handgrip, a second handgrip, and a light. The first handgrip defines a first axis, with a first connection end and a second connection end disposed on two ends thereof. The first handgrip is mounted around the handlebar of a bicycle through the first connection end. The second handgrip is removably combined to the second connection end. The second handgrip defines a second axis perpendicular to the first axis and pointing at the ground surface. The light is disposed on the second handgrip for projecting light beam on the ground surface. Therefore, the light provides illumination and a warning light signal at different distances. Also, the handgrip device can be gripped in different directions, so that the user is allowed to adjust the gripping position for lowering habitual motion fatigue.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2022Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: VP COMPONENTS CO., LTD.Inventor: Wen-Hwa Lin
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Patent number: 11560197Abstract: An electric assist bicycle includes an electric motor that generates an assistance force to assist a human force of a rider, a handle to be gripped by the rider with a hand to steer the electric assist bicycle, a manipulation device provided on the handle and including an operation switch that receives a manipulation from the rider and an alternate switch that receives a manipulation from the rider to change functions to be assigned to the operation switch, and a control circuit that performs a control to alter an operation to be executed by the electric assist bicycle depending on whether the rider manipulates the operation switch in a state of keeping the alternate switch manipulated or the rider manipulates the operation switch in a state of not manipulating the alternate switch.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Toru Ohashi
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Patent number: 11554070Abstract: A walking assist device includes: a pair of right and left handles that are movable back and forth with respect to a frame in accordance with arm swing performed during walk of a user; rails on which the handles are provided and which limit movement of the handles in a movable range in accordance with arm swing performed during the walk of the user; a handle information acquisition unit that acquires information related to movement of the handles; and a control unit that controls a drive unit in accordance with the information from the handle information acquisition unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Fumitaka Achiwa, Yoshiyuki Shibata, Kouji Nagumo, Kimihiro Onishi, Tomomi Nishida
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Patent number: 11554835Abstract: A bicycle control assembly may be provided for operating an electromechanical gear shifting device. The control assembly includes a graspable housing mountable to the bicycle, a power supply connected to the control assembly disposed in the housing, a first operating member movably connected to the housing, and electronic componentry disposed on the first operating member. The electronic componentry may include an electrical switch, a controller in communication with the electrical switch and configured to generate a signal to change a shift position of the gear shifting device responsive to an input from the electrical switch, and an antenna in communication with the controller and configured to send the signal. The control assembly may also include a cable extending from the housing to the first operating member connecting the power supply and the electronic componentry.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: SRAM, LLCInventors: Christopher Shipman, Matthew C. Morris
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Patent number: 11548586Abstract: An operating device for a human-powered vehicle comprises a base member and an operating member. The base member extends in a longitudinal direction. The base member includes a first end portion, a second end portion, and an accommodating structure. The first end portion is configured to be coupled to a handlebar. The second end portion is opposite to the first end portion in the longitudinal direction. The accommodating structure is provided to the second end portion. The operating member is pivotally coupled to the base member about a pivot axis. The accommodating structure is disposed at a location which is the farthest from the first end portion in the second end portion along the longitudinal direction as viewed along the pivot axis. The accommodating structure includes an accommodating part configured to accommodate at least one of a power supply and circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: SHIMANO INC.Inventors: Yasuyuki Komada, Takaya Masuda, Takuma Sakai, Yuichiro Hidaka, Shun Kakehashi
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Patent number: 11538097Abstract: A network of collection and distribution machines may collect, charge and/or distribute portable electrical energy storage devices (e.g., batteries, supercapacitors or ultracapacitors). Electric vehicles available for sharing, renting or otherwise available for temporary use may be located at such collection and distribution machines or other designated areas. Users may request temporary use of such electric vehicles via a user interface of the collection and distribution machine, the user's mobile device or that of the electric vehicle itself. During temporary use, the user may exchange depleted portable electrical energy storage devices of the vehicle being used for charged portable electrical energy storage devices at the collection and distribution machines and may be offered the opportunity to terminate the temporary use session or continue the temporary use session in conjunction with the portable electrical energy storage device exchange.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2016Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Gogoro Inc.Inventors: Hok-Sum Horace Luke, Matthew Whiting Taylor, Kenneth Edward Wall
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Patent number: 11491913Abstract: A method for activating at least one device from a transportation vehicle wherein the at least one device is activated by the transportation vehicle at least as a function of global position data of at least one pedestrian and/or at least one cyclist. The position data of the at least one pedestrian and/or the at least one cyclist is transmitted to a remotely located computer unit and is made available to a computer unit of the transportation vehicle. The activation of the at least one device as a function of the position data of pedestrians and/or cyclists is made possible in a simple and economic way.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2018Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Inventors: Stephan Max, Kristian Weiss
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Patent number: 11459061Abstract: Bicycle component motion control begins when a motorized bicycle component is commanded to shift or actuate. The bicycle component motion control compares parameters of a component of the bicycle to be moved, to predetermined thresholds to provide safe shifting or actuation. The shift or actuation starts only when the battery voltage and the battery temperature are within predetermined acceptable ranges, respectively. Once the shift or actuation has started, the shift or actuation is aborted if the battery voltage remains below a predetermined low voltage threshold for a predetermined amount of time. If the shift or actuation is aborted when the component is in a position, in which the bicycle may not operate at a particular level or is inoperable, the shift or actuation command is modified to move the component to a previous position or an intermediate position.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: SRAM, LLCInventors: Alexander Kon-I Ho, Sage Hahn, Sang Kim
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Patent number: 11425472Abstract: An operating device for a human-powered vehicle comprises a base member and circuitry. The base member includes a power-supply accommodating part configured to accommodate a power supply extending along a reference plane. The circuitry is provided to the base member to extend along an additional reference plane intersecting with the reference plane.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: SHIMANO INC.Inventors: Yasuyuki Komada, Takuma Sakai, Yuichiro Hidaka, Shun Kakehashi, Kazuma Mori
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Patent number: 11314244Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for determining abnormal information associated with a vehicle. The systems may perform the methods to obtain real-time information associated with a bicycle and obtain reference information associated with the bicycle. The systems may also perform the methods to determine, based on the real-time information and the reference information, abnormal information associated with the bicycle, and transmit the abnormal information to a server or a terminal device associated with the bicycle according to a Narrow Band Internet of Things (NB-IoT) technique or a Long Range (LoRa) technique.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2017Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: BEIJING QISHENG SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhifeng Hu, Tao Fang, Yi Zheng, Wei Duan, Chunyue Tong, Chuan Liu
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Patent number: 11295376Abstract: Devices and systems for use with a watercraft, and methods for using the same. The system includes a watercraft device for attachment to, or incorporation into, a watercraft. The watercraft device having a first watercraft lock component configured to couple with at least one second watercraft lock component, a docking station having a second watercraft lock component configured to couple with the first watercraft lock component, as well as at least one microcontroller and at least one wireless communication component within at least one of the watercraft device and docking station. The watercraft lock components, when coupled together, are configured to be placed in at least one of a locked state and an unlocked state by the at least one microcontroller, which is configured to place the watercraft lock components in an unlocked state in response to a signal received by the at least one wireless communication component.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: PADL, LLCInventors: Andres Eduardo Avello, Khalil Roger Khouri, Felipe Ignacio Jauregui, Muhammad Azam Malik
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Patent number: 11279443Abstract: An electric component for a human powered vehicle, comprises a transmitter, a receiver, at least one operating member, and a controller. The transmitter is configured to wirelessly transmit wireless signals to an additional electric component. The receiver is configured to wirelessly receive an acknowledgement signal from the additional electric component. The controller is configured to control the transmitter to consecutively transmit one of the wireless signals as a first control signal in response to an operation of the at least one operating member until the receiver receives the acknowledgement signal. The controller is configured to control the transmitter to transmit another of the wireless signals as a second control signal when a first predetermined time period has passed since a time point from when the operation of the at least one operating member is started until when the transmitter starts transmitting the first control signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2018Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: SHIMANO INC.Inventors: Takaya Masuda, Syou Tanaka
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Patent number: 11248777Abstract: A lighting device includes a lighting module. The lighting module includes a module frame and a circuit board interconnected with the module frame. The lighting module further includes a button mounted on the module frame and interconnected with the circuit board, the button located in a recess of the module frame, such that the button is actuatable by a protrusion of a device into which the lighting module is inserted. The lighting device includes a device body, the device body including a second recess for receiving the lighting module. The lighting device further includes a cap, the cap formed to fit with the device body and close the second recess when the lighting module is in the second recess.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Nite Ize, Inc.Inventors: Bowden Ormsbee, Steven L. Lindquist
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Patent number: 11176603Abstract: The present issue provides a rental vehicle operation management system which not only enables a facility provider to enjoy advantages corresponding to a degree of contribution thereof to a rental vehicle system operation but also enables the user side to enjoy advantages.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2018Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Inventors: Jaesung Cho, Soonsung Cho, Hiroshi Takemoto, Ryoko Takemoto
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Patent number: 11054238Abstract: A method, a system and a computer-readable medium for detecting a wheel tread depth include a first detector, a second detector and a processor. The first detector is configured to detect a moving distance of a vehicle moved by at least one wheel. The second detector is configured to detect a number of tunes of the wheel while the vehicle moves the moving distance. The processor is electrically connected to the first detector and the second detector. The processor is configured to compute a current diameter of the wheel according to the moving distance and the number of tunes of the wheel and determine a parameter of the tread pattern of the wheel according to the current diameter of the wheel and a reference value.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2016Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: WISTRON CORP.Inventor: Wei-Lun Liu
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Patent number: 11046308Abstract: A method for collision avoidance between a vulnerable road user transportation vehicle and a surrounding transportation vehicle. The user of the vulnerable road user transportation vehicle makes use of a portable communication device. Since such vulnerable road users are often involved in accidents since they are not easily recognized in the traffic, the disclosure increases safety for these vulnerable road users. The method includes transferring position detecting sensor data or derived position data of the vulnerable road user transportation vehicle to the portable communication device which performs a map matching technique for refining the position data and transfers the refined position data to the vulnerable road user transportation vehicle. The vulnerable road user transportation vehicle distributes the refined position data to the surrounding transportation vehicles which calculate a trajectory for the vulnerable road user transportation vehicle and estimate the risk of a collision.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Inventors: Thorsten Hehn, Marcel Günther Penz, Tobias Ludwig
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Patent number: 10988073Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to provide lighted vehicle beaconing, particularly for micro-mobility fleet vehicles. A lighted vehicle beaconing system includes a vehicle light assembly configured to be coupled to and/or integrated with a micro-mobility fleet vehicle and a logic device configured to communicate with the vehicle light assembly. The vehicle light assembly includes a programmable light element configured to receive a lighting control sequence and generate a multicolored and/or animated lighting sequence corresponding to the received lighting control sequence. The logic device is configured to determine the lighting control sequence and to generate the multicolored and/or animated lighting sequence by providing the lighting control sequence to the programmable light element of the vehicle light assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Lyft, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Boyd, Jisi Guo
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Patent number: 10926824Abstract: The field of the invention relates to bicycle systems, especially to bicycle systems adapted for use with smartphones, to smartphones configured for use with bicycle systems, and to methods and to computer software for use with such bicycle systems or smartphones, and to servers configured to communicate with such bicycle systems or smartphones. According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a bicycle system including a bicycle, the bicycle system including a processor integral to the bicycle, the bicycle system further including a battery integral to the bicycle, wherein the processor is powerable by the battery, the bicycle system including a smartphone holder configurable to receive a smartphone and to connect the smartphone to the processor, wherein in use the smartphone holder is attachable to, and detachable from, the smartphone.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Konnectronix, Inc.Inventors: George Hines, Steven Fragassi, Gilberto Cavada, Tom O'Connor, Richard Page, Sharwari Kulkarni, George J Guffy, Will Capellaro, Michael Carrier, David Carlson, Corry Daus, Lee Kunvichet, Stephen Lingle, Andrew Last, Stanislav Dmitriyev, Reginald K. S. Ammons
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Patent number: 10922050Abstract: A personal security platform for providing automatic security measures, the personal security platform comprising a wearable item comprising a micro-processor, a command signal generating unit, and a communication interface and an automatic notification interface, the micro-processor configured to execute a software application module, the command signal generating unit configured to generate at least one command signal communicating via the communication interface for controlling at least one protecting agent, the communication interface further operable to provide a communication channel to a remote device, a location tracker module for tracking a location, the tracker module configured to provide location based data, and where at least one the personal protecting agent comprises the automatic notification interface operable to communicate with autonomous vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: ROADWAREZ INC.Inventor: Yeshaya Krispin
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Patent number: 10858015Abstract: A rail vehicle includes a car body having both a passenger space and a stowage space that is provided with a controller and at least one station for accommodating light electric vehicles. The stations have a chassis, a holding structure, a locking mechanism, and a power outlet. The holding structure can hold the light electric vehicle stationary. The locking mechanism can retain the light electric vehicle in the holding structure. The power outlet can deliver electrical power to a battery of the light electric vehicle when the light electric vehicle is secured in the holding structure and connected to the power outlet. The power outlet can be connected to an electrical power network of the rail vehicle. The controller can selectively send a release signal to the locking mechanism, so as to release the locking mechanism, and to selectively operate the power outlet so as to deliver the electrical power.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Bombardier Transportation GmbHInventor: Benoît Lery
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Patent number: 10794572Abstract: A troffer light fixture has a housing with a LED assembly positioned in the housing. The LED assembly includes at least one LED array comprising LEDs of at least two different colors. The LED assembly includes a first LED array having a first LED on a first string and a second LED on a second string and a second LED array having a third LED on a third string and fourth LED on a fourth string. A wide lens covers the LED array. A reflector assembly has a first reflective surface and a second reflective surface reflecting light from the at least one LED array laterally across the width of the wide lens. Alternatively, the LED array may be approximately one-half the width of the wide lens and the reflector may be eliminated.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Ideal Industries Lighting LLCInventors: Jin Hong Lim, Kurt Wilcox, Mark Boomgaarden, Randall Levy Bernard, Curt Progl