发明名称 |
Electric bicycle |
摘要 |
An electric bicycle is provided that can increase the diameter of the joining section between a crankshaft and a crank arm, suppress an increase in manufacturing cost, and minimize a size increase of a hanger with a torque sensor disposed in the hanger. A crankshaft 17 is divided into a crankshaft body 17A on the periphery of which a torque sensor 23 is disposed, and an auxiliary crankshaft 17B connected to one side of the crankshaft body 17A. A diameter D1 of the joining section between the auxiliary crankshaft 17B and a crank arm 18B and a diameter D3 of the joining section between the crankshaft body 17A and a crank arm 18A are larger than a diameter D2 of the connecting section between the crankshaft body 17A and the auxiliary crankshaft 17B. |
申请公布号 |
US9434446(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2016.09.06 |
申请号 |
US201214375367 |
申请日期 |
2012.03.08 |
申请人 |
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. |
发明人 |
Kawakami Masafumi |
分类号 |
B62M6/50;B62M6/60;F16C3/10;B62M3/00 |
主分类号 |
B62M6/50 |
代理机构 |
Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C. |
代理人 |
Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C. |
主权项 |
1. An electric bicycle that can be driven by adding an auxiliary driving force generated by an electric motor to a human driving force generated by a pedal force from a pedal, the electric bicycle comprising:
a torque sensor that detects a force corresponding to a pedal force with a crankshaft rotatably disposed in a hanger coupled to a lower end of a vertical pipe, wherein the crankshaft is divided into a crankshaft body on a periphery of which the torque sensor is disposed, and an auxiliary crankshaft connected to one side of the crankshaft body, a diameter of a joining section between the auxiliary crankshaft and a crank arm and a diameter of a joining section between the crankshaft body and the crank arm are larger than a diameter of a connecting section between the crankshaft body and the auxiliary crankshaft, a point of the crankshaft body near a joining section between the crankshaft body and the auxiliary crankshaft is rotatably supported by a bearing, a wire guide member is disposed between the bearing and a metallic inner cylinder disposed in the hanger, and the torque sensor is connected to a torque sensor connecting wire that is laterally extended out of the hanger through the wire guide member. |
地址 |
Osaka JP |