Bicycle Telescopic Apparatus
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1. A bicycle telescopic apparatus comprising:
- a first tube having a receiving space;
a second tube telescopically received in the receiving space of the first tube;
a position detector configured to detect a relative position between the first tube and the second tube in a longitudinal direction of the bicycle telescopic apparatus, wherein a detecting point of the position detector is located in the receiving space of the first tube; and
an output device configured to output a signal based on a detected result of the detector;
whereinthe signal is configured to control a bicycle component other than the bicycle telescopic apparatus.
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Abstract
A bicycle telescopic apparatus includes a first tube having a receiving space, a second tube telescopically received in the receiving space of the first tube, a position detector configured to detect a relative position between the first tube and the second tube in a longitudinal direction of the bicycle telescopic apparatus, and an output device configured to output a signal based on a detected result of the position detector. The signal can control a bicycle component other than the bicycle telescopic apparatus. A detecting point of the position detector is located in the receiving space of the first tube.
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1. A bicycle telescopic apparatus comprising:
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a first tube having a receiving space; a second tube telescopically received in the receiving space of the first tube; a position detector configured to detect a relative position between the first tube and the second tube in a longitudinal direction of the bicycle telescopic apparatus, wherein a detecting point of the position detector is located in the receiving space of the first tube; and an output device configured to output a signal based on a detected result of the detector;
whereinthe signal is configured to control a bicycle component other than the bicycle telescopic apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A bicycle telescopic apparatus control system comprising:
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a controller configured to control a positioning structure to relatively position a first tube and a second tube of a bicycle telescopic apparatus in accordance with a signal, which includes information related to a relative position of the first tube and the second tube in a longitudinal direction of the bicycle telescopic apparatus, and a position detector including a first detector part and a second detector part, wherein the first detector part is located on one of the first tube and the second tube, and the second detector part is located on the other of the first tube and the second tube, one of the first detector part and the second detector part has a longitudinal maximum length and a transverse maximum length that is smaller than the longitudinal maximum length, the longitudinal maximum length is measured along the longitudinal direction of the bicycle telescopic apparatus, and the transverse maximum length is measured along a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
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16. An bicycle telescopic apparatus comprising:
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a first tube having a receiving space; a second tube telescopically received in the receiving space of the first tube to be adjustably movable with respect to the first tube in a longitudinal direction of the bicycle telescopic apparatus; a hydraulic positioning structure configured to adjustably position the first tube and the second tube in the longitudinal direction, wherein the hydraulic positioning structure includes a hydraulic valve to open and close a hydraulic passage; an electrical actuator configured to actuate the hydraulic positioning structure to close the hydraulic valve in accordance with a closing signal; and a position detector configured to output the closing signal in response to a telescopic movement of the second tube toward a predetermined position relative to the first tube. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. An bicycle telescopic apparatus comprising:
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a first tube having a receiving space; a second tube telescopically received in the receiving space of the first tube to be adjustably movable with respect to the first tube in a longitudinal direction of the bicycle telescopic apparatus; a positioning structure configured to adjustably position the first tube and the second tube in a longitudinal direction of the bicycle telescopic apparatus; a position detector configured to detect a relative position between the first tube and the second tube in the longitudinal direction, wherein a detecting point of the position detector is located in the receiving space of the first tube, and the position detector outputs a signal related to the relative position between the first and second tubes in response to a telescopic movement of the second tube toward a predetermined position relative to the first tube, an adjustment structure configured to adjust a longitudinal position of the position detector so that the predetermined position is selectively changed in the longitudinal direction.
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