CN214565936U - Double-battery hook-type intelligent power-assisted bicycle - Google Patents

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CN214565936U
CN214565936U CN202120739477.7U CN202120739477U CN214565936U CN 214565936 U CN214565936 U CN 214565936U CN 202120739477 U CN202120739477 U CN 202120739477U CN 214565936 U CN214565936 U CN 214565936U
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The utility model relates to a double-battery hook-type intelligent power-assisted bicycle, which comprises a frame, a saddle, a steering system, a pedal driving system, a motor driving system, a damping system, a braking system, an intelligent control system, a front wheel, a rear wheel and a car light; the hook-shaped main frame is innovatively designed, a battery is embedded in the frame, and a second battery is arranged below a seat of the frame, so that the effect of long-running of double batteries is achieved; a fingerprint lock is arranged in the steering mechanism, so that the effect of safety and privacy is achieved; a central processing module is fixedly arranged in the frame, and real-time data and conditions of the vehicle are mastered in real time through an APP (application) and a screen display control module which are pre-installed on a mobile phone; the whole bicycle can be ridden by foot and can also be driven by the motor to move forwards; the intelligent and quick super-long endurance has the advantages of compact structure, safety, intelligence, convenience and super-long endurance, embodies the advantages of intelligence, accuracy and simplification, and has innovativeness, creativity and practicability.

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Double-battery hook-type intelligent power-assisted bicycle
Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of the bicycle and specifically relates to a double cell "colludes" type intelligence moped.
Background
The traditional bicycle is ridden by manpower, which is laborious and time-consuming. Most of the traditional frame designs of the electric bicycles can only be provided with one battery, so that the objective deficiency of continuous mileage exists, the electric bicycles can not ride in long distance, and the use efficiency and riding feeling are directly influenced. Most of traditional bicycles and electric bicycles adopt mechanical locks to lock, and the keys need to be carried along, so that inconvenience such as forgetting or losing the keys exists. The existing electric bicycle can not be intelligently docked with a mobile phone almost, and riding data and conditions can be controlled in real time.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model aims to solve the technical problem of scientifically designing a double-battery hook-type intelligent power-assisted bicycle, and achieving the effect of long-time running of double batteries by innovating a hook-type frame, embedding a battery in the frame, and arranging a second battery below a seat of the frame; a fingerprint lock is arranged in the steering mechanism, so that the effect of safety and privacy is achieved; a central processing module is fixedly arranged in the frame, and real-time data and conditions of the vehicle are controlled in real time through an APP (application) pre-installed on a mobile phone; the intelligent and quick super-long endurance has the advantages of compact structure, safety, intelligence, convenience and super-long endurance, embodies the advantages of intelligence, accuracy and simplification, and has innovativeness, creativity and practicability.
The utility model provides a technical scheme that above-mentioned technical problem adopted does: a double-battery hook-type intelligent power-assisted bicycle comprises a frame, a saddle, a steering system, a pedal driving system, a motor driving system, a damping system, a braking system, an intelligent control system, a front wheel, a rear wheel and a lamp;
the frame comprises a main frame, a saddle frame and a rear wheel frame;
the saddles comprise a riding saddle, a driving saddle and an infant saddle;
the steering system comprises a steering main shaft, a pair of steering cross beams and a pair of steering handlebar rods;
the pedal driving system comprises a pair of pedals, a big fluted disc, a small fluted disc and a chain;
the motor driving system comprises a first battery, a second battery and a motor;
the damping system comprises an n-shaped telescopic hydraulic front wheel damper and a pair of straight rod telescopic hydraulic rear wheel dampers;
the brake system comprises a pair of brake handles, two brake cables and a pair of disc brakes;
the intelligent control system comprises a central processing module, a fingerprint lock and a screen display control module;
the whole main frame is arranged into a hook-shaped structure, and the front end of the main frame is fixedly connected with the steering main shaft; the infant saddle is movably arranged above the inner side of the front part of the main frame, and can turn over towards the front upper part of the main frame; the first battery is movably embedded in the front cavity of the main frame from top to bottom; the middle position of the main frame is provided with a front interrupted section and a rear interrupted section, the front interrupted section and the rear interrupted section on the left side of the middle position of the main frame are respectively and fixedly provided with a set of connecting piece, and the connecting pieces are penetrated through by pin shafts to form movable connection and can be rotated and folded in the horizontal direction; a set of quick-release connecting pieces are respectively fixedly arranged on the front and rear interrupted sections on the right side of the middle position of the main frame, and the front and rear interrupted sections on the middle position of the main frame are mutually separated or locked and fixed; a pair of middle shaft tubes of the pedals are fixedly arranged at the rear part of the lower part of the main frame in a penetrating way, and the two pedals of the pair of pedals are respectively and movably arranged at the two ends of the middle shaft tubes; the rear wheel carrier is integrally arranged in an H shape, two front ends of the rear wheel carrier are movably sleeved with two sides of the middle shaft tube of the pair of pedals respectively, and two rear ends of the rear wheel carrier are movably sleeved with two sides of the middle shaft of the rear wheel respectively; the saddle seat frame is fixedly arranged at the rear end of the main frame, the driving saddle and the riding saddle are fixedly arranged right above the saddle seat frame from front to back, and the second battery is movably inserted in the saddle seat frame;
the middle holes of the steering cross beams are respectively sleeved at the upper end and the lower end of the steering main shaft and are fixed, and the steering handle bars respectively penetrate through the holes at the two ends of the steering cross beams from top to bottom and are respectively inserted into the upper parts of the n-shaped telescopic hydraulic front wheel shock absorbers and are sealed to form telescopic hydraulic shock absorption;
the upper ends of the straight-bar telescopic hydraulic rear wheel shock absorbers are respectively and movably connected with the lower part of the saddle frame through pin shafts, and the lower ends of the straight-bar telescopic hydraulic rear wheel shock absorbers are respectively and movably connected with the upper part of the rear wheel frame through pin shafts to form telescopic hydraulic shock absorption;
the big fluted disc is fixedly arranged on the left side of the right pedals of the pair of pedals, on the right side of the main frame, the small fluted disc is fixedly arranged on a wheel shaft on the right side of the rear wheel, and an opening cavity is formed in the rear part of the rear wheel frame; the chain is movably sleeved on the big fluted disc and the small fluted disc to form a chain transmission mechanism;
the central processing module is fixedly arranged in a cavity at the front end of the main frame, the fingerprint lock is fixedly arranged at the top of the steering main shaft, the screen display control module is fixedly arranged on a cross rod between a pair of steering handle rods, and a charging socket is fixedly arranged in the middle of the left side of the main frame; the central processing module fingerprint lock the screen display control module first battery the second battery charge the interface the motor, a pair of handle of steering handle pole upper end the car light all passes through the data line power supply and work to can be with the wireless linkage of the APP software of cell-phone pre-installation.
The motor is fixedly arranged in the middle of the wheel shaft of the rear wheel.
The pair of brake levers are movably arranged at the upper ends of the pair of steering lever rods respectively, the pair of disc brakes are fixedly arranged on the left side of the front wheel and the left side of the rear wheel respectively, and the pair of brake levers respectively control the pair of disc brakes through the two brake cables respectively.
The car light is fixedly arranged in front of the pair of steering crossbeams between the pair of steering handle bars.
The technical characteristics and the working method are as follows:
when a user needs to ride a bicycle, the main frame is unfolded, locked and fixed through the set of quick-release connecting pieces, the steering system is unlocked through the fingerprint lock, the user can ride the bicycle by pedaling at the moment, and the motor can be started to drive the bicycle to move forwards through the rotation of the handle; the first battery and the second battery controlled by the central processing module are instructed by a mobile phone or the screen display control module to supply power to the motor, and a power supply mode and a working mode are switched at will.
After riding, the accessible one set of quick detach connecting piece will the folding storage of main frame reduces the volume, is convenient for deposit or carry.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the advantages of:
the utility model relates to a double cell "colludes" type intelligence moped, through the innovative design "colludes" type frame, set up a battery in the frame, set up the second battery below the seat of frame, reach the effect that the double cell is long and continuous; a fingerprint lock is arranged in the steering mechanism, so that the effect of safety and privacy is achieved; a central processing module is fixedly arranged in the frame, and real-time data and conditions of the vehicle are mastered in real time through an APP (application) and a screen display control module which are pre-installed on a mobile phone; the whole bicycle can be ridden by foot and can also be driven by the motor to move forwards; the intelligent and quick super-long endurance has the advantages of compact structure, safety, intelligence, convenience and super-long endurance, embodies the advantages of intelligence, accuracy and simplification, and has innovativeness, creativity and practicability.
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FIG. 2 is a left side view of the overall structure of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a perspective view of the overall structure of the present invention.
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The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the following embodiments.
The specific embodiment is as follows:
in this embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, fig. 2 and fig. 3, a dual-battery "hook" type intelligent power-assisted bicycle comprises a frame, a saddle, a steering system, a pedal driving system, a motor driving system, a shock absorption system, a braking system, an intelligent control system, a front wheel 14, a rear wheel 23 and a lamp 10;
the frame comprises a main frame 15, a saddle frame 2 and a rear wheel frame 20;
the saddles comprise a riding saddle 1, a driving saddle 5 and an infant saddle 7;
the steering system comprises a steering main shaft 29, a pair of steering cross beams 28 and a pair of steering rods 11;
the pedal driving system comprises a pair of pedals 18, a large fluted disc 17, a small fluted disc 21 and a chain 19;
the motor driving system comprises a first battery 6, a second battery 4 and a motor 22;
the damping system comprises an n-shaped telescopic hydraulic front wheel damper 12 and a pair of straight rod telescopic hydraulic rear wheel dampers 3;
the brake system comprises a pair of brake handles 9, two brake cables and a pair of disc brakes 13;
the intelligent control system comprises a central processing module 8, a fingerprint lock 26 and a screen display control module 27;
the main frame 15 is integrally arranged into a hook-shaped structure, and the front end of the main frame 15 is fixedly connected with the steering main shaft 29; the baby saddle 7 is movably arranged above the inner side of the front part of the main frame 15, and the baby saddle 7 can be turned over towards the front upper part of the main frame 15, so that the first battery 6 can be conveniently taken out and put in; the first battery 6 is movably embedded in the front cavity of the main frame 15 from top to bottom; the middle position of the main frame 15 is set into a front interrupted section and a rear interrupted section, the front interrupted section and the rear interrupted section are respectively and fixedly provided with a set of connecting piece 25 on the left side of the middle position of the main frame 15, and the front interrupted section and the rear interrupted section are penetrated through by a pin shaft to form movable connection and can be rotated and folded in the horizontal direction; a set of quick-release connecting pieces 16 are respectively fixedly arranged on the front and rear interrupted sections on the right side of the middle position of the main frame 15, and the front and rear interrupted sections on the middle position of the main frame 15 are mutually separated or locked and fixed in a closed manner, so that the folding function is achieved; a pair of central axis tubes of the pedals 18 are fixedly arranged at the rear part of the lower part of the main frame 15 in a penetrating way, and two pedals of the pair of pedals 18 are respectively and movably arranged at two ends of the central axis tubes; the rear wheel frame 20 is integrally arranged in an H shape, two front ends of the rear wheel frame 20 are movably sleeved with two sides of the central shaft tube of the pair of pedals 18 respectively, and two rear ends of the rear wheel frame 20 are movably sleeved with two sides of the central shaft of the rear wheel 23 respectively; the saddle seat frame 2 is fixedly arranged at the rear end of the main frame 15, the driving saddle 5 and the riding saddle 1 are fixedly arranged right above the saddle seat frame 2 from front to back, and the second battery 4 is movably inserted in the saddle seat frame 2;
the middle holes of the pair of steering beams 28 are respectively sleeved at the upper end and the lower end of the steering main shaft 29 and are fixed, the pair of steering handle rods 11 respectively penetrate through the holes at the two ends of the pair of steering beams 29 from top to bottom and then are respectively inserted into the upper part of the n-shaped telescopic hydraulic front wheel shock absorber 12, and the telescopic hydraulic shock absorber is formed by sealing;
the upper ends of the pair of straight-bar telescopic hydraulic rear wheel shock absorbers 3 are respectively and movably connected with the lower part of the saddle frame 2 through pin shafts, and the lower ends of the pair of straight-bar telescopic hydraulic rear wheel shock absorbers 3 are respectively and movably connected with the upper part of the rear wheel carrier 20 through pin shafts to form a pair of telescopic hydraulic shock absorbers;
the big fluted disc 17 is fixedly arranged on the left side of the right pedal of the pair of pedals 18, on the right side of the main frame 15, the small fluted disc 21 is fixedly arranged on the wheel axle on the right side of the rear wheel 23, and an opening cavity is formed in the rear part of the rear wheel frame 20; the chain 19 is movably sleeved on the big fluted disc 17 and the small fluted disc 21 to form a chain transmission mechanism for pedal driving riding;
the central processing module 8 is fixedly arranged in a cavity at the front end of the main frame 15, the fingerprint lock 26 is fixedly arranged at the top of the steering main shaft 29, the screen display control module 27 is fixedly arranged on a cross rod between a pair of steering handle rods 11, and a charging socket 24 is fixedly arranged in the middle of the left side of the main frame 15; central processing module 8 fingerprint lock 26 the screen display control module 27 first battery 6 second battery 4 the interface 24 that charges, motor 22, a pair of turn to the handle of barre 11 upper end car light 10 all passes through the data line power supply and work to can form intelligent interconnection, control in real time and data record with the APP software wireless linkage of cell-phone pre-installation.
In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, 2 and 3, the motor 22 is fixedly disposed in the middle of the axle of the rear wheel 23.
In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, 2 and 3, a pair of brake levers 9 are movably disposed at the upper ends of a pair of steering handle bars 11, a pair of disc brakes 13 are fixedly disposed at the left side of the front wheel 14 and the left side of the rear wheel 23, and the pair of brake levers 9 respectively control the pair of disc brakes 13 through two brake cables.
In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, 2 and 3, the lamp 10 is fixedly disposed in front of a pair of steering cross members 28 between a pair of steering levers 11.
The technical characteristics and the working method are as follows:
when a user needs to ride a bicycle, the main frame 15 is unfolded, locked and fixed through the set of quick-release connecting pieces 16, the steering system is unlocked through the fingerprint lock 26, the user can ride the bicycle by pedaling, and the motor 22 can be started to drive the bicycle to move forwards through the rotation of the handle; the first battery 6 and the second battery 4 controlled by the central processing module 8 are instructed by the mobile phone or the screen display control module 27 to supply power to the motor 22, and the power supply mode and the working mode are switched at will.
After riding, the main frame 15 can be folded and stored through the set of quick-release connecting pieces 16, so that the size is reduced, and the main frame is convenient to store or carry.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the advantages of:
the utility model relates to a double cell "colludes" type intelligence moped, through the innovative design "colludes" type frame, set up a battery in the frame, set up the second battery below the seat of frame, reach the effect that the double cell is long and continuous; a fingerprint lock is arranged in the steering mechanism, so that the effect of safety and privacy is achieved; a central processing module is fixedly arranged in the frame, and real-time data and conditions of the vehicle are mastered in real time through an APP (application) and a screen display control module which are pre-installed on a mobile phone; the whole bicycle can be ridden by foot and can also be driven by the motor to move forwards; the intelligent and quick super-long endurance has the advantages of compact structure, safety, intelligence, convenience and super-long endurance, embodies the advantages of intelligence, accuracy and simplification, and has innovativeness, creativity and practicability.
Finally, it should be noted that: the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the spirit of the invention and do not limit the embodiments of the invention. Various modifications, additions and substitutions will now occur to those skilled in the art upon a reading of the following description of the preferred embodiments, without necessarily requiring or implying any express limitation on the scope of the invention. Rather, these obvious variations and modifications fall within the spirit of the invention, which is to be construed as being in any way contrary to the spirit of the invention.

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1. The utility model provides a double cell "colludes" type intelligence moped which characterized in that: the intelligent bicycle comprises a bicycle frame, a saddle, a steering system, a pedal driving system, a motor driving system, a damping system, a braking system, an intelligent control system, front wheels, rear wheels and a bicycle lamp;
the frame comprises a main frame, a saddle frame and a rear wheel frame;
the saddles comprise a riding saddle, a driving saddle and an infant saddle;
the steering system comprises a steering main shaft, a pair of steering cross beams and a pair of steering handlebar rods;
the pedal driving system comprises a pair of pedals, a big fluted disc, a small fluted disc and a chain;
the motor driving system comprises a first battery, a second battery and a motor;
the damping system comprises an n-shaped telescopic hydraulic front wheel damper and a pair of straight rod telescopic hydraulic rear wheel dampers;
the brake system comprises a pair of brake handles, two brake cables and a pair of disc brakes;
the intelligent control system comprises a central processing module, a fingerprint lock and a screen display control module;
the whole main frame is arranged into a hook-shaped structure, and the front end of the main frame is fixedly connected with the steering main shaft; the infant saddle is movably arranged above the inner side of the front part of the main frame, and can turn over towards the front upper part of the main frame; the first battery is movably embedded in the front cavity of the main frame from top to bottom; the middle position of the main frame is provided with a front interrupted section and a rear interrupted section, the front interrupted section and the rear interrupted section on the left side of the middle position of the main frame are respectively and fixedly provided with a set of connecting piece, and the connecting pieces are penetrated through by pin shafts to form movable connection and can be rotated and folded in the horizontal direction; a set of quick-release connecting pieces are respectively fixedly arranged on the front and rear interrupted sections on the right side of the middle position of the main frame, and the front and rear interrupted sections on the middle position of the main frame are mutually separated or locked and fixed; a pair of middle shaft tubes of the pedals are fixedly arranged at the rear part of the lower part of the main frame in a penetrating way, and the two pedals of the pair of pedals are respectively and movably arranged at the two ends of the middle shaft tubes; the rear wheel carrier is integrally arranged in an H shape, two front ends of the rear wheel carrier are movably sleeved with two sides of the middle shaft tube of the pair of pedals respectively, and two rear ends of the rear wheel carrier are movably sleeved with two sides of the middle shaft of the rear wheel respectively; the saddle seat frame is fixedly arranged at the rear end of the main frame, the driving saddle and the riding saddle are fixedly arranged right above the saddle seat frame from front to back, and the second battery is movably inserted in the saddle seat frame;
the middle holes of the steering cross beams are respectively sleeved at the upper end and the lower end of the steering main shaft and are fixed, and the steering handle bars respectively penetrate through the holes at the two ends of the steering cross beams from top to bottom and are respectively inserted into the upper parts of the n-shaped telescopic hydraulic front wheel shock absorbers and are sealed to form telescopic hydraulic shock absorption;
the upper ends of the straight-bar telescopic hydraulic rear wheel shock absorbers are respectively and movably connected with the lower part of the saddle frame through pin shafts, and the lower ends of the straight-bar telescopic hydraulic rear wheel shock absorbers are respectively and movably connected with the upper part of the rear wheel frame through pin shafts to form telescopic hydraulic shock absorption;
the big fluted disc is fixedly arranged on the left side of the right pedals of the pair of pedals, on the right side of the main frame, the small fluted disc is fixedly arranged on a wheel shaft on the right side of the rear wheel, and an opening cavity is formed in the rear part of the rear wheel frame; the chain is movably sleeved on the big fluted disc and the small fluted disc to form a chain transmission mechanism;
the central processing module is fixedly arranged in a cavity at the front end of the main frame, the fingerprint lock is fixedly arranged at the top of the steering main shaft, the screen display control module is fixedly arranged on a cross rod between a pair of steering handle rods, and a charging socket is fixedly arranged in the middle of the left side of the main frame; the central processing module fingerprint lock the screen display control module first battery the second battery charge the interface the motor, a pair of handle of steering handle pole upper end the car light all passes through the data line power supply and work to can be with the wireless linkage of the APP software of cell-phone pre-installation.
2. The double-battery hook-type intelligent power-assisted bicycle according to claim 1, characterized in that: the motor is fixedly arranged in the middle of the wheel shaft of the rear wheel.
3. The double-battery hook-type intelligent power-assisted bicycle according to claim 1, characterized in that: the pair of brake levers are movably arranged at the upper ends of the pair of steering lever rods respectively, the pair of disc brakes are fixedly arranged on the left side of the front wheel and the left side of the rear wheel respectively, and the pair of brake levers respectively control the pair of disc brakes through the two brake cables respectively.
4. The double-battery hook-type intelligent power-assisted bicycle according to claim 1, characterized in that: the car light is fixedly arranged in front of the pair of steering crossbeams between the pair of steering handle bars.
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