Sensor device

• US 20080111668A1
• Filed: 11/05/2007
• Published: 05/15/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cat Eye Co Limited (Cat Eye)
• Original Assignee: Cat Eye Co Limited (Cat Eye)
• Inventors: Ueda, Takashi
• Application Number:
  US11/983,037
• Publication Number:
  US 20080111668A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/432
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 45/412 Speed sensors
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 45/413 Rotation sensors
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 45/42 characterised by mounting
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 45/423 on or besides the wheel
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 22/002 for cycles
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 1/07 Indicating devices, e.g. for remote indication indicating working conditions of vehicles G07C5/00

Abstract

A measuring device includes a speed sensor rotatably attached to a base member and having a reed switch detecting movement of a rear wheel of a bicycle, and a cadence sensor rotatably attached to the speed sensor and having a reed switch detecting movement of a gear crank of the bicycle. The speed sensor includes a transmission circuit transmitting signals detected by the reed switches to an outside of the speed sensor. The speed sensor moves rotationally with respect to the base member to vary a distance between the rear wheel of the bicycle and the reed switch, and the cadence sensor moves rotationally with respect to the speed sensor to vary a distance between the gear crank of the bicycle and the reed switch.

Claims

1. A sensor device attached to a frame constituting a bicycle, comprising:

a base member tied up on said frame;

a body member rotatably attached to said base member and having a first sensor portion detecting movement of a first part in said bicycle; and

a rotationally moving member rotatably attached to said body member and having a second sensor portion detecting movement of a second part in said bicycle,

wherein said body member includes a transmitting portion electrically connected to said first and second sensor portions for transmitting signals detected by said first and second sensor portions to an outside of said body member,

said body member moves rotationally with respect to said base member to vary a distance between said first part and said first sensor portion, and

said rotationally moving member moves rotationally with respect to said body member to vary a distance between said second part and said second sensor portion.

2. The sensor device according to claim 1, wherein said rotationally moving member is detachable from said body member.

3. The sensor device according to claim 1, wherein

said first part includes a wheel of said bicycle, and

said first sensor portion detects a running speed of said bicycle based on a number of rotations of said wheel.

4. The sensor device according to claim 1, wherein

said second part includes a gear crank of said bicycle, and

said second sensor portion detects a cadence at which a pedal is moving based on a number of rotations of said gear crank.

5. The sensor device according to claim 1, wherein

said first part includes a gear crank of said bicycle, and

said first sensor portion detects a cadence at which a pedal is moving based on a number of rotations of said gear crank.

6. The sensor device according to claim 1, wherein

said second part includes a wheel of said bicycle, and

said second sensor portion detects a running speed of said bicycle based on a number of rotations of said wheel.

7. The sensor device according to claim 1, wherein said frame is a chain stay of said bicycle.