Electric bicycle driving apparatus
View Patent ↗An electric-bicycle driving apparatus includes a speed change mode operator to output a low-speed mode signal or a high-speed mode signal, a controller to receive the low-speed mode signal or high-speed mode signal outputted from the speed change mode operator and to output a first control signal corresponding to the low-speed mode signal or a second control signal corresponding to the high-speed mode signal, a generation-signal provider to provide a generation signal outputted from a generator, and a stepping operation load booster to boost a load of the generation signal outputted from the generation-signal provider by receiving the first control signal or second control signal when the speed change mode operator outputs the low-speed mode signal or high-speed mode signal, and to send a stepping operation provider a resulting signal of the boost in a stepping operation signal corresponding to the low-speed mode signal or high-speed mode.
1. An electric bicycle driving apparatus comprising:
a speed change mode operator to output a low-speed mode signal or a high-speed mode signal;
a controller to receive the low-speed mode signal or high-speed mode signal output from the speed change mode operator and to output a first control signal corresponding to the low-speed mode signal or a second control signal corresponding to the high-speed mode signal;
a generation-signal provider to provide a generation signal output from a generator;
a stepping operation load booster to boost a load of the generation signal output from the generation-signal provider by receiving the first control signal or second control signal when the speed change mode operator outputs the low-speed mode signal or high-speed mode signal, and to send a stepping operation provider a resulting signal of the boost in a stepping operation signal corresponding to the low-speed mode signal or high-speed mode; and
the stepping operation provider to receive the stepping operation signal from the stepping operation load booster, and to output a stepping operation drive signal corresponding to the low-speed mode signal or high-speed mode signal so as to drive pedals to be adapted to the high-speed mode or low-speed mode.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the stepping operation load booster includes:
more than one seventh resistor electrically connected to the controller;
a third switching device electrically connected to the more than one seventh resistor and the stepping operation provider;
more than one fifth capacitor electrically connected to the more than one seventh resistor and the third switching device;
more than one eighth resistor electrically connected to the generation-signal provider; and
more than one sixth capacitor electrically connected to the more than one eighth resistor and the third switching device.
3. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the third switching device includes more than one zener diode electrically connected to the stepping operation provider and the more than one sixth capacitor.
4. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the more than one sixth capacitor includes a sixth capacitor and a seventh capacitor connected to each other in series.
5. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the more than one sixth capacitor is a smoothing capacitor.
6. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the generation-signal provider includes:
a generation-signal rectification part electrically connected to the generator to rectify the generation signal output from the generator; and
a generation-signal storage part electrically connected to the generation-signal rectification part to store the generation signal rectified in the generation-signal rectification part.
7. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the generation-signal rectification part includes:
more than one second rectifying diode electrically connected to one side of the generator;
more than one fourth rectifying diode electrically connected to another side of the generator; and
more than one sixth rectifying diode electrically connected to the other side of the generator.
8. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the more than one second rectifying diode includes a second rectifying diode and a third rectifying diode connected to each other in series.
9. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the more than one fourth rectifying diode includes a fourth rectifying diode and a fifth rectifying diode connected to each other in series.
10. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the more than one sixth rectifying diode includes a sixth rectifying diode and a seventh rectifying diode connected to each other in series.
11. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the generation-signal storage part includes more than one second capacitor electrically connected to the generation-signal rectification part and the stepping operation load booster.
12. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the more than one second capacitor includes a second capacitor, a third capacitor and a fourth capacitor connected to one another in series.
13. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the more than one second capacitor is a smoothing capacitor.
14. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a motor driver electrically connected to the generation-signal provider to receive the generation signal from the generation-signal provider and to receive power of a battery, thereby driving a motor,
wherein the motor driver includes a motor-driver operating signal regulating circuit and a motor drive circuit,
wherein the motor-driver operating signal regulating circuit includes:
a first switching device electrically connected to one side of the controller;
more than one first resistor electrically connected to another side of the controller and the first switching device;
more than one fourth resistor electrically connected to the first switching device; and
a second switching device electrically connected to the generation-signal provider and the more than one fourth resistor.
15. The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the more than one first resistor includes a first resistor and a second resistor for dividing voltage.
16. The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the more than one fourth resistor includes a fourth resistor, a fifth resistor, and a sixth resistor dividing voltage.
17. The apparatus according to claim 14 , further comprising more than one zener diode electrically connected to the generation-signal provider and the more than one fourth resistor.
18. The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the second switching device includes more than one zener diode electrically connected to the generation-signal provider and the more than one fourth resistor.
19. The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein further comprising more than one capacitor electrically connected to the second switching device, the first switching device and the battery.
20. The apparatus according to claim 19 , wherein the more than one capacitor is a smoothing capacitor.
21. The apparatus according to claim 19 , further comprising more than one rectifying diode electrically connected to the second switching device, the more than one capacitor and the battery.