SMART AUXILIARY POWER SYSTEM FOR BICYCLE

• US 20170057595A1
• Filed: 07/19/2016
• Published: 03/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tritton Technologies
• Original Assignee: Tritton Technologies
• Inventors: Peng, Sheng Yu
• Application Number:
  US15/213,433
• Publication Number:
  US 20170057595A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B62K 19/40 for attaching accessories, e.g. article carriers, lamps
• CPC Class Codes: B62M 6/50 characterised by detectors or sensors, or arrangement thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B62M 6/90 Batteries
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/1654 with electromagnetic compass

Abstract

A smart auxiliary power system for bicycles is provided, comprising: an electric motor, an electric auxiliary power device (E-AUX), and an energy storage device; wherein: the electric motor and the E-AUX being mounted on the wheel drum of the bicycle, the energy storage device being electrically connected to the electric motor through the E-AUX; the E-AUX using the kinetic energy information, including acceleration, bicycle position rotational speed and torque of the electric motor to compute with a control algorithm to drive the electric motor through the motor driving, or charging the energy storage device with the electric power generated by the electric motor through energy recycling device. As such, the system can self-adaptively output auxiliary power according to the kinetic energy information of the bicycle-riding to share the pedaling load of the rider while allowing the rider to enjoy the pedaling.

Claims

1. A smart auxiliary power system for bicycles, comprising:

an electric motor, an electric auxiliary power device (E-AUX), and an energy storage device;

wherein;

the electric motor and the E-AUX being mounted on the wheel drum of the bicycle, the energy storage device being electrically connected to the electric motor through the E-AUX;

the E-AUX including an inertial sensor, an energy recycling device, a processor and a motor driving device; and

the inertial sensor including an accelerometer, a gyroscope and a magnetometer, the processor receiving information of a forward momentum and bicycle position of the bicycle from the inertial sensor and computing rotational speed and rotational torque of the electric motor;

according to the obtained information, the processor using a control algorithm to drive the electric motor through the motor driving device, or charging the energy storage device with the electric power generated by the electric motor through energy recycling device.

2. The smart auxiliary power system for bicycles as claimed in claim 1, wherein the E-AUX further includes a wireless transmission device, connected to the processor.

3. The smart auxiliary power system for bicycles as claimed in claim 2, wherein the wireless transmission device is used to communicate information with an external control device;

the external control device comprises a smart phone, and the processor uses the wireless transmission device to transmit the information of motor temperature, motor output power, bicycle speed, battery energy level, motor rotational speed, and so on to the smart phone to monitor the riding situation;

the smart phone is used to input commands to the processor adjust the operation of the components of the system.

4. The smart auxiliary power system for bicycles as claimed in claim 1, wherein the forward momentum comprises an gravitational acceleration, an rotational angular speed.

5. The smart auxiliary power system for bicycles as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bicycle position comprises a tilt angle, a pitch angle and a yaw angle of a bicycle body.

6. The smart auxiliary power system for bicycles as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor is electrically connected to a circuit of the motor driving device connected to the electric motor to measure the current on the circuit;

after digitization, the current measurement is returned to the processor for calculating the output torque with respect to the electric motor.

7. The smart auxiliary power system for bicycles as claimed in claim 1, wherein the energy storage device is a battery.

8. The smart auxiliary power system for bicycles as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electric motor is a direct current (DC) drum motor.