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Modular systems package for an electrically motorized vehicle

  • US 9,636,992 B2
  • Filed: 04/06/2015
  • Issued: 05/02/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A modular systems package for a motorized bicycle, the modular systems package comprising:

  • an electric motor operable to propel the bicycle;

    a sensor system operable to identify parameters indicative of one of torque or power applied by a user that propels the bicycle as well as parameters indicative of rotation of a set of pedals of the bicycle; and

    a control system in communication with the sensor system to continuously control the electric motor based on the identified parameters using a control law,wherein the control law or a gain of the control law can be changed while the motorized bicycle is in use,wherein the control law or the gain of the control law is determined based on a selected operational mode of the motorized bicycle or data from a sensor of the motorized bicycle,wherein the control system controls the electric motor by summing a set of input terms multiplied by a set of respective gains, andwherein the set of input terms include terms based on at least one of the identified parameters.

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