Bicycle component, bicycle and method
First Claim
1. A bicycle component for an at least partially human-powered bicycle, comprising:
- a control device;
a shock absorber device having at least one damper device to be controlled by said control device;
a detection device with at least one sensor device and a receiver unit for a contactless acquisition of a detection signal;
said sensor device being disposed such that said sensor device is pivoted at least partially on occasion of a steering movement of the bicycle;
said detection device being configured for detecting a future difficulty in a terrain within a close range as a function of the detection signal and configured for controlling said shock absorber device as a function of a detected future difficulty in the terrain within the close range, and wherein at least one damping property of said shock absorber device is adjusted by way of an output signal of said detection device; and
said control device being configured for adjusting said damper device to a harder setting, up to a point at which the future difficulty in the terrain is reached.
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Abstract
A bicycle component for an at least partially human-powered bicycle has a shock absorber device. The shock absorber device includes a damper device which can be controlled by a control device. A detection device is provided with a sensor device for receiving a signal. The sensor device is arranged on at least one component of the bicycle which is pivoted in the case of a steering movement. The detection device is suitable for detecting, and is designed to detect, the difficulty in the terrain as a function of the acquired signal, and is configured to control the damper device as a function of the detected difficulty in the terrain, with the result that a damping property of the damper device can be adjusted by way of a signal of the detection device.
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21 Claims
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1. A bicycle component for an at least partially human-powered bicycle, comprising:
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a control device; a shock absorber device having at least one damper device to be controlled by said control device; a detection device with at least one sensor device and a receiver unit for a contactless acquisition of a detection signal; said sensor device being disposed such that said sensor device is pivoted at least partially on occasion of a steering movement of the bicycle; said detection device being configured for detecting a future difficulty in a terrain within a close range as a function of the detection signal and configured for controlling said shock absorber device as a function of a detected future difficulty in the terrain within the close range, and wherein at least one damping property of said shock absorber device is adjusted by way of an output signal of said detection device; and said control device being configured for adjusting said damper device to a harder setting, up to a point at which the future difficulty in the terrain is reached. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of operating a bicycle component of an at least partially human-powered bicycle having at least one shock absorber device with at least one damper device, the method comprising:
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acquiring a detection signal with a sensor of a detection device; pivoting the sensor device on occasion of a steering movement of the bicycle; acquiring with the sensor a detection signal of terrain information forward of the bicycle; determining a difficulty in a terrain being traveled based on the detection signal; controlling the damper device by way of at least one control device as a function of the detected difficulty in the terrain, and adjusting at least one damping property of the damper device as a function of the detected difficulty in the terrain; and upon detecting the difficulty in the terrain and up to a point when the difficulty in the terrain is reached, adjusting the damper device to a harder setting. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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