IP Library Granted Patent US 11,014,629
Granted Patent B2
US 11,014,629 · App. 16/869,599 · Granted May 25, 2021

Bicycle rear derailleur

Inventor: Takeshi Ueda (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
B62M9/122B62M9/132
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Patent No.
US 11,014,629
App. No.
16/869,599
Granted
May 25, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bicycle rear derailleur including a base member, a chain guide, an actuator, and a controller. The chain guide is movably coupled to the base member. The actuator is operatively coupled to the chain guide to move the chain guide relative to the base member. The controller is electrically connected to the actuator to move the chain guide relative to the base member from a current stop position to a target-stop position. The controller is configured to change a current rear shift position corresponding to the current stop position based on a front shift position of a front derailleur.

Claims (35)

1. A bicycle rear derailleur comprising:

a base member;

a chain guide movably coupled to the base member;

an actuator operatively coupled to the chain guide to move the chain guide relative to the base member; and

a controller electrically connected to the actuator to move the chain guide relative to the base member from a current stop position to a target-stop position, the controller being configured to change a current rear shift position corresponding to the current stop position based on a front shift position of a front derailleur, the controller being configured to change the current rear shift position from a first rear shift position to a second rear shift position based on the front shift position of the front derailleur, the first rear shift position and the second rear shift position both being configured to engage a chain with a same rear sprocket.

2. A bicycle rear derailleur comprising:

a base member;

a chain guide movably coupled to the base member;

an actuator operatively coupled to the chain guide to move the chain guide relative to the base member; and

a controller electrically connected to the actuator to move the chain guide relative to the base member from a current stop position to a target-stop position, the controller being configured to change the target-stop position based on a distance provided between the chain guide and a rear sprocket corresponding to a current rear shift position in a radial direction with respect to a rotational center axis of a rear sprocket assembly.

3. The bicycle rear derailleur according to claim 2 , wherein

the controller is further configured to change an overstroke position,

the target-stop position is disposed between the current stop position and the overstroke position,

the controller is configured to change the overstroke position based on at least one of

the current rear shift position,

the distance provided between the chain guide and the rear sprocket corresponding to the current rear shift position, and

the target-stop position.

4. A bicycle rear derailleur comprising:

a base member;

a chain guide movably coupled to the base member;

an actuator operatively coupled to the chain guide to move the chain guide relative to the base member; and

a controller electrically connected to the actuator to move the chain guide relative to the base member from a current stop position to a target-stop position, the controller being configured to change a current rear shift position corresponding to the current stop position based on a distance between the chain guide and a rear sprocket corresponding to the current rear shift position in a radial direction with respect to a rotational center axis of a rear sprocket assembly.

5. The bicycle rear derailleur according to claim 4 , wherein

the distance is defined between an outer circumference of the rear sprocket corresponding to the current rear shift position and an outer circumference of a guide pulley of the chain guide.

6. The bicycle rear derailleur according to claim 2 , wherein

the controller is further configured to change the target-stop position based on the current rear shift position corresponding to the current stop position.

7. The bicycle rear derailleur according to claim 6 , wherein

the controller is further configured to change an overstroke position,

the target-stop position is disposed between the current stop position and the overstroke position,

the controller is configured to change the overstroke position based on at least one of

the current rear shift position,

the distance provided between the chain guide and the rear sprocket corresponding to the current rear shift position, and

the target-stop position.

8. The bicycle rear derailleur according to claim 2 , wherein

the distance is defined between an outer circumference of the rear sprocket corresponding to the current rear shift position and an outer circumference of a guide pulley of the chain guide.

Continuity (2)
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