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US 10,442,497 · App. 15/496,682 · Granted Oct 15, 2019

Easy-adjustment bicycle gear-shifting system

Inventor: Chi-Ming Chien (Taichung, TW)
Assignee: AD-II Engineering Inc.
B62M9/122
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Patent No.
US 10,442,497
App. No.
15/496,682
Granted
Oct 15, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An easy-adjustment bicycle gear-shifting system consisting of a microcontroller unit, a memory, a driver and a derailleur is disclosed. The memory has stored therein more than three position tables each containing the position information of the derailleur relative to the chainrings. The position information contained in one position table has a part or all different from the position information contained in every other position table. The position tables are arranged one after another in a proper order corresponding to one same chainring in such a manner that every two adjacent position tables are differed by a distance value corresponding to one same chainring. The microcontroller unit selects one position table, and drives the driver to shift the derailleur to the corresponding position according to the position information of the selected position table.

Claims (12)

1. An easy-adjustment bicycle gear-shifting system, comprising:

a microcontroller unit;

a non-transitory computer readable medium electrically connected to said microcontroller unit;

a driver electrically connected to said microcontroller unit;

a derailleur connected to said driver and drivable by said driver to move relative to a plurality of chainrings of a bicycle so as to shift the chain of said bicycle;

wherein said non-transitory computer readable medium has stored therein at least three position tables, each said position table containing the position information of said derailleur relative to said chainrings, the position information contained in one said position table having at least a part different from the position information contained in every other said position table, said position tables being arranged one after another in a proper order corresponding to one same chainring, every two adjacent said position tables being differed by a predetermined value corresponding to one same said chainring; said microcontroller unit selects one said position table, and drives said driver to shift said derailleur to the corresponding position according to the position information of the selected said position table;

wherein each said position information of each said position table contains three positions respectively corresponding to a central position of the respective said chainring, a chain engage position corresponding the chain at one side of the respective said chainring, and a chain disengage position of corresponding the chain at the other side of the respective said chainring.

2. The easy-adjustment bicycle gear-shifting system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said position information is an angle value, distance value, or length value.

3. The easy-adjustment bicycle gear-shifting system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each said position information of each said position table aligns with a central position of one respective said chainring.

4. The easy-adjustment bicycle gear-shifting system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said chain engage position of each said position information is in an advanced position relative to the associating said central position and different from the associating said central position by a predetermined value; said central position is in an advanced position relative to the associating said chain disengage position and different from the associating said chain disengage position by a predetermined value.

5. The easy-adjustment bicycle gear-shifting system as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising an input device electrically connected to said microcontroller unit; said microcontroller unit is controllable by said input device to select said position tables.

6. The easy-adjustment bicycle gear-shifting system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein for one same said chainring, all the position information of one said position table are different from the position information of one adjacent said position table.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2017
From: CHIEN, CHI-MING
To: AD-II ENGINEERING INC.
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Continuity (1)
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