EP3762282A1 - Device for adjusting the support levels of a drive system of an electric vehicle - Google Patents
Device for adjusting the support levels of a drive system of an electric vehicleInfo
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- EP3762282A1 EP3762282A1 EP19718057.3A EP19718057A EP3762282A1 EP 3762282 A1 EP3762282 A1 EP 3762282A1 EP 19718057 A EP19718057 A EP 19718057A EP 3762282 A1 EP3762282 A1 EP 3762282A1
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- holding part
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- electric vehicle
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
- B62J—CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; AUXILIARY DEVICES OR ACCESSORIES SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS
- B62J50/00—Arrangements specially adapted for use on cycles not provided for in main groups B62J1/00 - B62J45/00
- B62J50/20—Information-providing devices
- B62J50/21—Information-providing devices intended to provide information to rider or passenger
- B62J50/225—Mounting arrangements therefor
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
- B62M—RIDER PROPULSION OF WHEELED VEHICLES OR SLEDGES; POWERED PROPULSION OF SLEDGES OR SINGLE-TRACK CYCLES; TRANSMISSIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SUCH VEHICLES
- B62M6/00—Rider propulsion of wheeled vehicles with additional source of power, e.g. combustion engine or electric motor
- B62M6/40—Rider propelled cycles with auxiliary electric motor
- B62M6/45—Control or actuating devices therefor
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a device for setting the support levels of a drive system of an electric vehicle with an operating part for upshifting or downshifting the drive system, with a first connection device for connecting the control unit to a data transmission and power supply network of the electric vehicle and with a second connecting device for fastening the control unit to the electric vehicle.
- Electric vehicles especially electric bicycles, are becoming increasingly popular. They have a drive system that supports the driver.
- the control device for the drive system is arranged on the frame of the electric vehicle, in the vicinity of an electric motor or in the vicinity of the energy source, or battery, and responds to the operation of the operating part.
- the support provided by the drive system takes place, in particular in the case of electric bicycles, when the driver steps on the pedals.
- the propulsion system has a certain power and the assistance level can either be set individually by the driver through multi-stage operation or is automatically adjusted by the electric bicycle after the driver has activated the operation via the controls.
- the support level adjusting operation is mounted on an electric bicycle usually on the handlebar, is manually operated, for example via buttons and is connected to a on or within the electric bicycle located power supply and data transmission network.
- a power and data transmission network can be implemented by a bus system with nodes and
- the invention is also directed to three- or four-wheeled electric vehicles.
- US Pat. No. 6,104,099 describes a four-wheeled vehicle known as QUAD.
- the operation for activating the drive system is realized via the handle itself.
- the quad on the handlebar has an accessory holder, to which a lamp can be connected.
- the control panel is mounted in electric bicycles in practice, in particular near the steering wheel handle and connected via a cable with a bicycle computer with display that can sit in the middle of the bicycle handlebar.
- a bicycle computer with display that can sit in the middle of the bicycle handlebar.
- operating parts for upshifting and downshifting or for triggering a chain around a pitcher and a derailleur are known.
- the document in question is not concerned with an electric vehicle and with the stimulation of a drive system, the usual arrangement of a control unit and its communication with the central bicycle computer can be seen there.
- a further embodiment of control units is known in which a display is coupled to the operating part such that an integral component is formed.
- the document EP 2 448 811 B1 shows an arrangement for connecting attachments to a vehicle, especially with an e-bike.
- a bicycle computer In addition to a bicycle trailer, a bag or electrical devices, it is also about the connection of a bicycle computer as an attachment.
- the attachment is coupled via a slider to a receiving device which is attached to the bicycle frame and is connected to the power supply and data transmission network housed within the bicycle frame.
- An interface allows the connection of the recording with the slider arranged on the electrical devices without separate wiring.
- the familiar recording can only record one slide and connect only one device.
- An operation for setting the desired level of support of the drive system is in the document in question is not of Rele vanz.
- a control device for a bicycle for influencing the driving characteristics of the bicycle with regard to an electric drive unit or an electric gearshift, are described in WO 2017/032890 A1.
- several operating systems are provided on the control unit, which are executed in parallel on the one hand and to which, on the other hand, different tasks are performed. Emphases are assigned. Two operating systems are directed to the performance of the ride characteristics of the bicycle or to the execution of application-specific applications or to the execution of a system test application. There may also be provided a third operating system which controls the first two operating systems.
- the known control unit has an interface to which devices for monitoring and input can be connected. At this interface keypads can be connected to drive support or gear shift.
- the control unit itself is installed in the bicycle and not accessible to the driver. About the design of the control panel is disclosed in the document in question nothing.
- the invention has for its object to provide a device of the type in question, which allows extensions and changes in terms of other functional components in addition to the control panel and allows the possibility of designing the device according to market needs.
- a device of the type in question is configured and further developed such that a holding part is provided, which is connected to the operating part, wherein the holding part has the first connecting device for connection to the data transmission and power supply network of the electric vehicle and the holding part has at least one connection connection for detachable connection with at least one functional component that is different from the operating part.
- Electric vehicle / electric bicycle dealers and electric vehicle / electric bicycle manufacturers can not respond to the consumer's wishes or market needs with regard to current designs or colors due to the fix provided by the provider of the data transmission and power supply network.
- the invention it has been recognized to enable a flexible response to various user needs and manufacturer and retailer needs by inserting a holding member which is connected to the control panel but also has at least one further connection terminal for a functional component other than the control panel. Furthermore, it has been recognized according to the invention to associate with the holding part the first connection device for connection to the data transmission and power supply network of the electric vehicle. This opens up the possibility to form the holding part to the communicator between the network-external functional components, possibly also the control unit, and the data transmission and power supply network of the electric vehicle.
- the communicator function can concentrate on the mutual forwarding.
- the placement of the device according to the invention to emphasize that takes place on the handlebar of the electric vehicle, in the vicinity of the handle.
- the driver can not only comfortably realize the switching up and down of the assistance levels via the operating part, but also operate further functional components arranged on the holding part.
- the second connection device could be assigned for attachment to the vehicle or bicycle frame, advantageously on the handlebar of the electric vehicle, the operating part or the holding part.
- the second connecting device is also associated with the holding part.
- the first connection device and the second connection device could form a structural unit.
- Suitable mechanical elements of the second connecting device are a pipe clamp, a clamping connection or other fastening means.
- the electrical connection for power and data transmission to and from the data transmission and power supply network of the electric vehicle could be implemented via cable or non-contact.
- a simple embodiment of the device according to the invention could provide that the operating part and the holding part are connected in such a way that they engage form one-piece component. This embodiment would make it possible to use a keypad with the same system language as the data transmission and power supply network of the electric vehicle.
- the holding part or the control unit could comprise a system language conversion program that uses the system language of the translates at least one functional component into the system language of the data transmission and power supply network and vice versa.
- the functional components could have different system languages, which then requires a corresponding expansion of the system language conversion program.
- the system language conversion program could be particularly easily assigned to the control unit, while the holding part could be designed economically as a pure forwarding unit from an electronic point of view.
- the system language conversion program would allow the consumer or dealer or bicycle manufacturer to connect new developments, such as bell or lighting or on-board computers / cycle computers to the keeper, to the keeper without being tied to the system language of the electric vehicle's data transmission and power supply network to be. Even the at least temporary connection of a smartphone for data synchronization would be possible.
- the operating part and the holding part could be detachably connected to one another via connection connections.
- the keypad could have the same or a separate system language other than the system language of the data transmission and power network.
- the keeper could provide compatibility of the various system languages with a system language conversion program.
- the functional components also applies to the functional components.
- the above considerations take into account the case that the keypad and the functional components have the same system language as the system language of the communication and power network.
- the functional components and the keypad could have different system languages, which then requires a corresponding extension of the system language conversion program.
- an alternative variant of the embodiment described here, as in the one-piece embodiment provides that the operating part is equipped with the system language conversion program. In this embodiment, too, there is the cost-effective possibility of designing the holding part as a pure forwarding unit.
- either the operating part and the holding part or the operating part, the holding part and one or more functional components could be arranged within a housing.
- the housing can be designed according to the consumer's wishes, or modernity and color perception and protects the connection terminals of the holding part.
- protective caps could protect the unused connection terminals.
- a cost-effective embodiment of the device with housing according to the invention could be obtained by virtue of the fact that the components or modules of the device according to the invention located inside the housing are basically constant in their dimension.
- the housing could be set to the maximum possible number of functional components and have standardized basic dimensions, but otherwise remain flexible in design.
- the functional component other than the control unit could be an on-board computer, in particular a bicycle computer with a display, a display as such or a lighting device or a bell or a smartphone, each equipped with a connection port for releasable connection to the connection terminal of the holding part.
- Other functional components could be, for example, sensors for measuring temperature or humidity or loudspeakers or other.
- the bicycle computer with display as a functional component, it is stated that it should advantageously have options for communication with external devices.
- Non-contact data transmission programs such as WIFI, BLUE-TOOTH, GSM (SIMcard) are possible.
- the holding part could comprise a plurality of connection connections for a plurality of functional components that are different from the operating part.
- the connection terminals could comprise an interface for data and energy transfer.
- Alternative data and energy transfer means could be nodes of bus systems.
- the connection terminals could have electrical and mechanical properties. have. From a mechanical point of view, plug connections, plug-in connections, sliding connections, dovetail connections, magnetic connections, rotary, screw, bayonet, tilt-plug connections or the like come into consideration.
- An extension of the capacity of the system language conversion program of the holding part to a plurality of system languages could be required if functional components with different system languages to communicate with each other, these system languages are different from the system language of the data transmission and power supply network of the electric vehicle.
- Such an extended system language conversion program of the holding part increases the range of variation of the individual functional components and possibly operating parts of the device according to the invention.
- a lighting device connected to the holding part could communicate with a different system language via the holding part with an on-board or cycle computer also connected to the holding part, wherein, for example, the weather information available from the on-board computer or cycle computer is related to the setting of the lighting device could affect.
- system language conversion program it should also be stated that this could also be assigned to a functional component.
- the holding part would then be a forwarding component and an existing capacity of a suitable functional component could be used while the costs for the holding part remain low.
- a system language conversion program that is assigned to a functional component could also enable the reciprocal communication between the data transmission and power supply network of the electric vehicle and the functional component as well as to the system language existing within the modular device according to the invention. other functional components and the control panel. The communication of the functional components with each other could also be realized.
- the possibility afforded by the language conversion program of modularly combining different functional components of different fuser adjusters in the device according to the invention is advantageously answered by the great flexibility in the housing design including the control-key design.
- the supplier of the housing and operating equipment can react in an advantageous manner to the individual wishes of the flervers of the various functional components.
- the second connecting means for fastening the device to the electric vehicle, the electronic switching function elements of the control unit as such could always have a constant design while externally visible parts such as buttons are varied.
- the supplier can offer differentiations that enrich the market and satisfy the consumer.
- the housing could be constructed in two or more parts.
- the two-part version of the housing could be relevant to the bicycle manufacturer and is no longer accessible to the consumer.
- the multi-part embodiment of the housing could be tailored to the consumer and facilitate the assembly of the device according to the invention from the individual components of the desired quality in the sense of a modular system.
- the device according to the invention which initially starts from an operation for Flerunter- and Flerunterschalt of support levels of a drive system, has been inventively expanded to a modular system in which the holding part and its connection options for other functional components plays an important role.
- the communication or system language conversion capacity inherent in the device according to the invention makes it possible to add or remove or replace functional components separately and independently of the data and information network of the electric vehicle, and also freedom in design and thus flexibility in responding to market needs to enable.
- Fig. 1 in a schematic representation, a sketch of an electric vehicle with
- FIG. 2 is a schematic representation, a schematic diagram of the device according to the invention.
- FIG. 3 in a schematic representation, an exploded perspective view a first embodiment of the device according to the invention, before assembly to a module system by adding a functional component,
- FIG. 4 is a schematic illustration, a top view of the article of FIG. 3, after assembly to a modular system by adding a functional component,
- FIG. 5 is a schematic representation of a second embodiment of the device according to the invention, after assembly to a modular system and with the addition of a housing,
- FIG. 6 is a schematic representation of a third embodiment of the device according to the invention, after assembly to a modular system and with the addition of a housing and
- FIG. 7 is a schematic representation of a fourth embodiment of the device according to the invention, after assembly to a modular system and with the addition of a housing.
- the device comprises a control part 3 for Up or down the drive system 1, with a first connection means 4 for connecting the control panel 3 to a neurostyrene-semiconductor (GPU), a microcontroller (GPU), a microcontroller (GPU), a microcontroller (GPU), a microcontroller (GPU), a microcontroller (GPU), a microcontroller (GPU), a microcontroller (GPU), a microcontrollerable metering, or a power supply network 4 for connecting the control panel 3 to a tragungsund power supply network 5 of the electric bicycle 2 and with a second connection means 6 for attachment of the control panel 3 on the electric bicycle 2, namely on the steering rod 7th
- a holding part 8 is provided, which is connected to the operating part 3, wherein the holding part 8 has the first connecting device 4 for connection to the data transmission and power supply network 5 of the electric bicycle 2 and wherein the holding part 8 at least one connection 9 for detachable connection with at least one of the operating part 3 different functional component 10, 11, 12 has.
- the second connecting device 6 for attachment to the handlebar 7 of the electric bicycle 2 is also assigned to the holding part 8.
- the operating part 3 and the holding part 8 are connected to one another in such a way that they form a one-piece component.
- the connection terminal 9 can be seen. 13 denotes a protective cap which remains on the holding part 8 until the functional component 10 shown in FIG. 4 is releasably connected in the form of a bicycle computer with display to the connection terminal 9 via its own connection connection, not shown here.
- keys 14 for individually setting the support levels of the drive system 1 of the electric bicycle 2 are provided on the one-piece combination of control unit 3 and holding part 8 .
- the second connecting device 6 for mechanical attachment to the handlebar 7 in the vicinity of the handle 15 is in the form of a pipe clamp.
- the holding part 8 comprises in all embodiments a system language conversion program SSUP shown symbolically in FIG. 2, which translates the system language SS5 of the data transmission and power supply network 5 into the system language SS10, SS11, SS12 of the functional components 10, 11, 12.
- the system language conversion program SSUP of the holding part 8 also enables the communication of the functional components 10, 11, 12 with each other.
- FIG. 2 it is left open whether the operating element 3 has its own system language or the same system language as the data transmission and power supply network 5.
- the operating part 3 and the holding part 8 are releasably connected to one another via the connection terminals 9.
- the control unit 3 has its own system language SS3.
- the system language conversion program SSUP of the holding part 8 can also in this regard establish compatibility with the system language SS5 of the data transmission and power supply network 5 by means of translation, as well as with regard to the system language SS10 of the functional component 10.
- FIG. 5 shows that the operating part 3 and the holding part 8 are arranged within a housing 16.
- the housing 16 according to FIGS. 6 and 7 receives the operating part 3 and the holding part 8 as well as a functional component 10.
- FIG. 6 is a two-part housing 16 configured and used by a bicycle manufacturer.
- Fig. 7 the housing 16 is designed in three parts and is configured and used by the consumer himself.
- the schematic diagram shown in FIG. 2 shows that the functional component 10, 11, 12 is in each case equipped with a connection connection 9 for detachable connection to the holding part 8 and that the holding part 8 comprises a plurality of connection connections 9 for a plurality of functional components 10, 11, 12.
- the connection terminals 9 each comprise one cut-off point.
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