Dual-Drivetrain of Power-Assist Vehicle

• US 20100181130A1
• Filed: 07/17/2009
• Published: 07/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Wen-Cheng Chou
• Original Assignee: Wen-Cheng Chou
• Inventors: Chou, Wen-Cheng
• Application Number:
  US12/504,856
• Publication Number:
  US 20100181130A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 180/206
• CPC Class Codes: B62M 6/40 Rider propelled cycles with auxiliary electric motor
• CPC Class Codes: B62M 6/55 power-driven at crank shafts parts
• CPC Class Codes: B62M 6/70 power-driven at single endless flexible member, e.g. chain, between cycle crankshaft and wheel axle, the motor engaging the endless flexible member

Abstract

The creative product relating to a “power bicycle'"'"'s dual-drive device”, which contains a pedal-driven part, a motor-driven part, a gearing mechanism, and a controller; the electric motor axis of the motor-driven part has a drive-gear and the relay-gear, the first and second transmission member connect the gear plate with the relay-gear and the drive gear with the transmission gear disc respectively, through the dual-drive device, either alone or mixed selection; by the driven pedal to control the electric driven motor and to drive the driven gear for operation, to produce large torque output in order to drive the transmission gear disc, to correspond with the transmission to control the second transmission member to the transmission gear disc of different outside diameters for changing the gear, for satisfying the riders to choice their own mode of laborsaving or exercise demand in different terrains.

Claims

1. A dual-drivetrain for powering a vehicle by pedaling with an assistance of an electric motor, comprising:

a pedal-driven part, pivotally mounted to the frame of said vehicle, having at least one gear plate, a pair of cranks normally mounted 180 degree out of phase to said gear plate, and a pair of pedals pivotally attached to each of said cranks;

a motor-driven part, situated between said pedal-driven part and the real wheel of the vehicle, having a drive-gear being mechanically coupled to the real wheel of said vehicle, a relay-gear being attached to the armature of said electric motor, said relay-gear rotates only clockwise;

power conveying means having a gearing mechanism that is variable-ratio transmission system for selecting appropriate gear ratios during riding said vehicle and a first transmission member that couples said gear plate and said relay-gear for a synchronized rotation of said relay-relay and said pedal-driven part;

a controller, mounted of the frame, having a shifter for remotely operating said gearing mechanism and a regulator for regulating the rotational speed of said electric motor;

whereby, said controller outputs signals for adjusting vehicle speed;

whereby driven by the pedals, the signals of sensor feed back to the controller, to control the electric motor-driven gear-driven operation, produce large torque output, to make the relay-gear and drive gear produce synchronous operation; and

through the second pieces of transmission to make the functional wheel transmission gear disk to operate, and the relay-gear dose not need to operate;

can directly use the pedals to drive the relay-gear and the drive gear to have synchronous operation, through the second pieces of transmission to drive the functional wheel transmission gear disk to run;

all can correspond to the transmission for controlling the second pieces of transmission in order to approach the functional wheel of transmission gear disk if different concentric outer diameters, as the stalls transformation, to satisfy the rider with various kinds of riding terrains, can exercise in terms of their own choice of mode of labor-saving or demand.

2. The dual-drivetrain of claim 1, wherein said gear plate includes a plurality of concentric gears that has various diameters.

3. The dual-drivetrain of claim 1, wherein said gearing mechanism is a derailleur mechanism.

4. The dual-drivetrain of claim 1, wherein said derailleur mechanism comprises a rear derailleur, a transmission gear disc, and a second transmission member, concentrically attaches to the real wheel of said vehicle, for rotational coupling said transmission gear disc.

5. The dual-drivetrain of claim 1, wherein said regulator, coupled to said electric motor, has a power-control mean for controlling the speed of said electric motor, and a sensor for regulating the rotational speed of said electric motor.

6. The dual-drivetrain of claim 2, wherein said power-control means is pulse-width modulation.

7. The dual-drivetrain of claim 2, wherein said sensor has a vehicle'"'"'s speed monitor and a feedback loop that electrically couples said vehicle'"'"'s speed monitor and provides feedback signal to said power-control means for adjusting motor'"'"'s speed based on vehicle'"'"'s speed.