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US 11,498,645 · App. 16/190,031 · Granted Nov 15, 2022

Shifting control device and electric shifting system

Inventors: Takafumi Nishino (Sakai, JP); Toshihiko Takahashi (Sakai, JP); Daisuke Nago (Sakai, JP); Satoshi Shahana (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: Shimano Inc.
B62M25/08B62L3/02B62M9/122B62M9/123B62M9/132B62M9/133B62K23/06B62M25/04B62M2025/006
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Patent No.
US 11,498,645
App. No.
16/190,031
Granted
Nov 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a shifting control device and an electric shifting system allowing a user to comfortably ride a human-powered vehicle, a shifting control device comprising a controller configured to control a shifting device in accordance with a first operation performed on an operating device for braking a rotary body of a human-powered vehicle.

Claims (42)

1. A shifting control device comprising a controller configured to control a shifting device in accordance with a first operation performed on an operating device for braking a rotary body of a human-powered vehicle, wherein

the operating device for braking the rotary body is driven responsive to the first operation,

the shifting control device controls the shifting device to change a transmission ratio of the human-powered vehicle in accordance with the first operation, and

the shifting control device controls the shifting device to decrease the transmission ratio in accordance with the first operation.

2. The shifting control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the shifting control device controls the shifting device so that an actuation aspect of the shifting device differs in accordance with operation information related to an operation state of the operating device.

3. The shifting control device according to claim 2 , wherein

the operating device includes a lever operated by a user, and

the operation information includes at least one of information related to a rotational angle of the lever, information related to a rotation speed of the lever, and information related to operating force applied to the lever.

4. The shifting control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the shifting control device controls the shifting device so that an actuation aspect of the shifting device differs in accordance with travel information related to a travel state of the human-powered vehicle other than the first operation.

5. The shifting control device according to claim 4 , wherein

the travel information includes first travel information related to speed of the human-powered vehicle.

6. The shifting control device according to claim 4 , wherein

the travel information includes second travel information related to acceleration of the human-powered vehicle.

7. The shifting control device according to claim 4 , wherein

the travel information includes third travel information related to an inclination of the human-powered vehicle.

8. The shifting control device according to claim 7 , wherein

the third travel information includes information related to an inclination of the human-powered vehicle in a front-rear direction.

9. The shifting control device according to claim 4 , wherein

the travel information includes fourth travel information related to force applied to the rotary body by braking.

10. The shifting control device according to claim 4 , wherein

the travel information includes fifth travel information related to operation of a drive mechanism of the human-powered vehicle.

11. The shifting control device according to claim 10 , wherein

the drive mechanism includes a crank,

the fifth travel information includes information related to rotation speed of the crank, and

the shifting control device controls the shifting device so that a difference between the rotation speed of the crank before the first operation and the rotation speed of the crank after the first operation is included in a predetermined range.

12. The shifting control device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a storage device configured to store information related to control of the shifting device.

13. An electric shifting system comprising:

the shifting control device according to claim 1 ; and

the shifting device, configured to be electrically driven.

14. A shifting control device comprising a controller configured to control a shifting device in accordance with a first operation performed on an operating device for braking a rotary body of a human-powered vehicle, wherein

the operating device is configured to have a play operating amount before the rotary body starts to be braked in the first operation, and

the shifting control device controls the shifting device so that the shifting device is actuated in the play operating amount.

15. A shifting control device comprising a controller configured to control a shifting device in accordance with a first operation performed on an operating device for braking a rotary body of a human-powered vehicle, wherein the controller is further configured to control the shifting device in:

a first control mode in which the shifting device is controlled in accordance with the first operation; and

a second control mode in which the shifting device is controlled in accordance with a second operation different from the first operation.

16. The shifting control device according to claim 15 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the shifting device in:

a third control mode in which the shifting device is programmatically controlled in accordance with travel information related to a travel state of the human-powered vehicle.

17. The shifting control device according to claim 16 , wherein

the shifting control device controls the shifting device so that an actuation aspect of the shifting device in the first control mode differs from an actuation aspect of the shifting device in the third control mode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 13, 2018
From: NISHINO, TAKAFUMI; TAKAHASHI, TOSHIHIKO; NAGO, DAISUKE; SHAHANA, SATOSHI
To: SHIMANO INC.
Reel/Frame 047491/0797 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-230335 · Nov 30, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190161140A1 · May 30, 2019