WO2010058127A1 - Systeme de stockage et de verrouillage de cycles - Google Patents

Systeme de stockage et de verrouillage de cycles Download PDF

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WO2010058127A1
WO2010058127A1 PCT/FR2009/052216 FR2009052216W WO2010058127A1 WO 2010058127 A1 WO2010058127 A1 WO 2010058127A1 FR 2009052216 W FR2009052216 W FR 2009052216W WO 2010058127 A1 WO2010058127 A1 WO 2010058127A1
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Jean-Pierre Mercat
Laurent Mercat
Denis Mercat
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Jean-Pierre Mercat
Laurent Mercat
Denis Mercat
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Priority to EP09795463A priority patent/EP2349821B8/de
Priority to PL09795463T priority patent/PL2349821T3/pl
Priority to CA2742511A priority patent/CA2742511C/fr
Priority to ES09795463T priority patent/ES2407534T3/es
Publication of WO2010058127A1 publication Critical patent/WO2010058127A1/fr

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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62HCYCLE STANDS; SUPPORTS OR HOLDERS FOR PARKING OR STORING CYCLES; APPLIANCES PREVENTING OR INDICATING UNAUTHORIZED USE OR THEFT OF CYCLES; LOCKS INTEGRAL WITH CYCLES; DEVICES FOR LEARNING TO RIDE CYCLES
    • B62H3/00Separate supports or holders for parking or storing cycles
    • B62H3/02Separate supports or holders for parking or storing cycles involving means for gripping the cycle by the handlebars or by the upper part of the frame
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62HCYCLE STANDS; SUPPORTS OR HOLDERS FOR PARKING OR STORING CYCLES; APPLIANCES PREVENTING OR INDICATING UNAUTHORIZED USE OR THEFT OF CYCLES; LOCKS INTEGRAL WITH CYCLES; DEVICES FOR LEARNING TO RIDE CYCLES
    • B62H3/00Separate supports or holders for parking or storing cycles
    • B62H3/04Separate supports or holders for parking or storing cycles involving forked supports of brackets for holding a wheel
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62HCYCLE STANDS; SUPPORTS OR HOLDERS FOR PARKING OR STORING CYCLES; APPLIANCES PREVENTING OR INDICATING UNAUTHORIZED USE OR THEFT OF CYCLES; LOCKS INTEGRAL WITH CYCLES; DEVICES FOR LEARNING TO RIDE CYCLES
    • B62H5/00Appliances preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of cycles; Locks integral with cycles
    • B62H5/02Appliances preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of cycles; Locks integral with cycles for locking the steering mechanism
    • B62H5/06Appliances preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of cycles; Locks integral with cycles for locking the steering mechanism acting on the front wheel fork or steering head tube
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62MRIDER PROPULSION OF WHEELED VEHICLES OR SLEDGES; POWERED PROPULSION OF SLEDGES OR SINGLE-TRACK CYCLES; TRANSMISSIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SUCH VEHICLES
    • B62M6/00Rider propulsion of wheeled vehicles with additional source of power, e.g. combustion engine or electric motor
    • B62M6/40Rider propelled cycles with auxiliary electric motor
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62HCYCLE STANDS; SUPPORTS OR HOLDERS FOR PARKING OR STORING CYCLES; APPLIANCES PREVENTING OR INDICATING UNAUTHORIZED USE OR THEFT OF CYCLES; LOCKS INTEGRAL WITH CYCLES; DEVICES FOR LEARNING TO RIDE CYCLES
    • B62H3/00Separate supports or holders for parking or storing cycles
    • B62H2003/005Supports or holders associated with means for bike rental
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T70/00Locks
    • Y10T70/50Special application
    • Y10T70/5872For cycles

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  • the present invention relates to a system for storing and locking cycles, and more particularly that for storing and locking cycles intended to be made available to the authorized public, by means of a suitable procedure.
  • the invention therefore relates to the system consisting of a set of storage stations, and a set of cycles intended to be stored on one or other of the storage stations or locked off storage station.
  • the invention also relates to the management means, as well as the antitheft device allowing the user to lock the borrowed cycle out of the storage station
  • the invention also relates to electric assistance cycles by providing a very simple and automatic battery charging system, when the cycle is on its storage station.
  • the user may own a bike, but the shared bike is an interesting solution and liked by the public who does not have to buy a bike and thus overcomes the problems of individual storage.
  • the public may in some cases be interested in renting a bike through specialized rental companies, but this entails certain constraints.
  • the existing systems consist of a set of storage stations, comprising locking posts, which posts are managed by a management station located nearby, which allows the user to unlock a bicycle, and put it back into place. one or the other of the storage stations.
  • Circuit cycle management systems are already known, for example, by the French patent applications FR 2 824 942, FR 2 897 589, FR 2 897 588, European EP 0875 867 and international published under the number WO / 2005 / 001,781. But these systems are not totally satisfactory. For the user existing systems are not completely satisfactory because the storage posts are often too few and saturated stations thus forcing the user to go to a nearby station to try to return his bike.
  • the securing off storage station is not perfect because managed by an independent mechanism and poorly integrated.
  • the invention proposes a brand new system particularly reliable and economical, the implementation of which is greatly simplified. Indeed, it is thanks to the storage means in the station by virgin storage stations technology and does not require expensive civil engineering, that the installation is simplified.
  • the invention therefore proposes a system for automatically ensuring the charging of the accumulator of electric assistance cycles without any intervention of the user.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of the system according to the invention with its bicycles, set up and locked on the corresponding storage stations and the terminal management and distribution of keys.
  • Figure 2 is a perspective view of a storage station, seen from the side of the engagement of the front wheel of the cycle.
  • Figure 3 is a front view of the locked cycle on a storage station.
  • Figure 4 is a side view of the locked cycle on a storage station.
  • Figures 5 and 5a are perspective views showing the withdrawal of the storage station cycle.
  • Figures 6 and 6a are perspective views, which show the establishment of the cycle on a storage station.
  • Figures 7, 7a, 7b, 7c are views illustrating the front fork of the cycle of the invention, with its locking system in the active position of locking.
  • Figures 7a and 7b are views illustrating the unlocked cycle on a lock station.
  • Figures 7c, 7d are views illustrating the locked cycle on a storage station.
  • Figures 8, 8a are views illustrating the front fork of the cycle of the invention, with its locking system in the unlocked unlocking position.
  • Fig. 9 is a perspective view of details showing how the cycle lock is on a lock station.
  • Figure 10 is a horizontal sectional view taken at the locking housing of the locking station, showing more particularly the lateral guide ramps.
  • Figure 11 is a partial side view showing more particularly the system of ramps, which vertically guides the outer tubular portions of the sleeves.
  • Figure 12 is a perspective view of the fork head of the invention with partial tearing.
  • FIGS 13 to 16b are illustrations of the antitheft system that secures the off-station storage cycle.
  • Figure 13 shows the cycle with its lock in the inactive position.
  • FIG. 14 illustrates the cycle with its anti-theft device in the active off-station lockout position
  • Figures 15, 15a, 15b, 15c are horizontal sectional views made at the lock of the antitheft, showing the different stages of locking off storage station.
  • Figure 15 is a view illustrating the centered position of the direction, position that does not allow the establishment of the pin of the lock.
  • Figure 15a is a view showing the cycle, in a position allowing the establishment of the pin of the lock.
  • Figure 15b is a view showing the cycle, in a position of engagement of the pin of the lock, and solicitation to the opening of the lock.
  • Figure 15c is a view showing the locked position.
  • Figures 16a and 16b are perspectives of the mechanism out of the fork showing in Figure 16a, the position before locking the spindle of the lock, while Figure 16b shows the mechanism with locking the spindle.
  • Figure 16 is a schematic illustration of electronic management.
  • FIG. 17 shows an offset sectional view showing a second embodiment of the storage station, proposing a system for positioning the bicycle in its terminal, provided by the reaction of the front wheel on a ramp inclined with respect to the ground.
  • Figure 18 is a partial sectional view YY of Figure 17, showing the mechanism of the fork in the locked position with the movable projections of the fork in their locking housing.
  • FIG. 19 is a partial sectional view ZZ of FIG. 18, showing the longitudinal abutment means of the forward cycle, provided by the support of the outer tabular portions of the fork bushings against their longitudinal stop on the station of FIG. locking.
  • Figure 20 is a partial view in section AA of Figure 18, showing more particularly the locking means with the movable projections in their locking housing.
  • Figure 21 is a rear perspective 3A to FIG 18 or cycling has been simplified to only representation of Ia fork and front wheel and wherein the terminal cover has been removed on the left half in order to allow appear the security mechanism.
  • Fig. 22 is a side view of an electrically assisted cycle on its lock terminal in the charging phase of the accumulator.
  • Figure 23 is a partial sectional view of Figure 21, detailing the left coniiectic system for providing the power supply necessary for recharging the accumulator.
  • the storage and locking system of the invention comprises several cycles (1) and at least one storage station (2) comprising several storage and locking stations (3), while the system comprises means for locking each of the cycles on one of the storage and locking stations.
  • the system comprises a management terminal (4) disposed near the storage stations (3).
  • Each of the storage stations (3) is advantageously constituted by two arms (3a, 3b) fixed to the ground and extending upwards advantageously parallel to form between them a space (E) in which the front wheel (5) of the cycle (1) is intended to be introduced during the establishment of the cycle. It goes without saying that it could be otherwise, such as having a storage station comprising two arms fixed, not on the ground, but on a support such as a wall.
  • the locking means of each of the cycles are constituted by two movable projections (6a, 6b) cooperating with two locking housings (7a, 7b).
  • the cycle (1) which comprises the two movable locking projections and the storage station (3) which comprises the two recessed locking recesses (7a, 7b).
  • the cycle (1) is constituted as any cycle, a frame, with a rear wheel, a forward direction with a front wheel. It is therefore the cycle itself which comprises the locking means with the two projections and not an element foreign to the cycle as defined above, such as a housing fixed to the cycle.
  • each of the storage stations (3) comprises a hollow recess housing (7a, 7b).
  • each of the locking stations comprises two hollow recesses, having a shape complementary to the projections intended to be introduced.
  • These housings are of transverse axis (Xl, Xl ') substantially horizontal and open into the space (E) defined above, but does not open laterally outwardly.
  • the cycle (2) intended to cooperate with the storage stations has, in a manner known per se, a general vertical plane (P) and comprises a forward direction (90) with a front fork (9) constituted by two fork legs (9a). , 9b) connected by a fork head (9c) which carries a fork rod (9d).
  • the fork head is constituted by a transverse block, and it is according to the preferred embodiment of the invention, in this transverse block is housed, according to the invention, the locking system of the cycle on the storage station.
  • the systems of the two lateral projections are not in the fork head, but for example in each of the fork legs (9a, 9b) to project laterally and cooperate with the corresponding locking housings from the storage station. This solution would have a lower storage station, only when the projections are in the fork.
  • the two movable locking projections (6a, 6b) are movable transversely with respect to the plane (P) to move laterally from an inactive retracted position (FIGS. 8 and 9) towards an active locking position. projection ( Figures 3, 4, 5, 6a, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d, 9, 10, 12, 16a, 18,20), and vice versa.
  • each of the projections (6a, 6b) is engaged in the corresponding recessed locking recess (7a, 7b) of the storage station (3a, 6b). ) as shown in Figures 3, 4, 5, 6a, 7c, 7d, 9, 10, 12, 16a, 18 and 20.
  • the locking system consisting in particular by the locking projections (6a, 6b) is housed in the front fork head (9c), each of the locking projections protruding laterally out of the fork head in their active locking position.
  • the fork head (9c) comprises at its lateral ends a bushing
  • Each of the horizontal axis bushings (X2, X '2) comprises an axial cylindrical inner housing
  • each of the bushings (10a, 10b) comprises an inner tubular portion (10 ') housed in the fork head (9c) and an outer tubular portion (10 ") projecting out of the fork head. embodiment, it is through this outer tubular portion (10 ") by cooperation with a ramp system, that the cycle is guided to its storage position, as is explained in more detail in the description.
  • Each of the locking fingers (11a, 11b) comprises a cylindrical internal housing (13a, 13b) and a bottom wall (14a, 14b), an internal housing in which is arranged a control rod (15a, 15b), one of which ends is housed in the locking finger and the other protrudes out of the locking finger.
  • the end housed in the locking finger has a cylindrical guide wall (16a, 16b) and a bearing face (17a, 17b) for a compression spring (18a, 18b) whose other end is in support on a bottom wall of the corresponding locking finger.
  • the lateral portion of the control rod (15a, 15b) constituted by the cylindrical guide wall and the bearing face (17a, 17b) bears against an inner peripheral stop (110). This stop limits the lateral displacement towards the outside of the locking finger, but allows the inward movement of said finger against the action of the spring (18a, 18b).
  • a control rod (19a, 19b) is articulated by one of its ends around a vertical axis (190) at the end of the control rod which protrudes out of the locking pin and by other of its ends about a vertical axis (191), to a rotatable workpiece (20).
  • said rotating maneuvering piece (20) is in the form of a horizontal disk, pivoting about the vertical axis (Y, Y ') of the fork rod (9d), while it comprises a portion central tubular (20a) extending upwards.
  • the upper face of the disc of the rotating part comprises a vertical rod (30) whose function will be specified later in the description.
  • the rotation of the rotating actuating part is done by pivoting a control rod (21) which extends vertically in the vertical axis (Y, Y ') of the fork rod.
  • the rotation control is done at the top of the fork stem by means of a key (23) identified and delivered by the management terminal (4) cooperating with a lock (22) disposed at the top of the steering rod, in the case bike management by key distribution.
  • each of the movable lateral projections (6a, 6b) is kinematically connected to the rotatable operating member (20), thanks to a rod (19a, 19b) pivotally mounted on said rotating part.
  • a first so-called positioning phase which consists in positioning the cycle in a position of equilibrium precise and a second locking phase where it remains only to leave the protrusions (6a, 6b) in their locking housing (7a, 7b) this second step requiring virtually no energy because the projection has a minimum clearance well controlled in all directions by the accuracy of the positioning of phase 1, and in this locking position the projections do not take any shear stress generated by the weight of the cycle because they are taken between the outer sleeve (10 ") ) and the profile of the recessed cam (8C).
  • a housing for introduction and guidance comprising a set of guide rails (8).
  • the guide housing is open towards the rear (AR), that is to say on the side of the introduction of the cycle, and comprises for each arm: a side wall (8a) inclined to form with the corresponding side wall on the other arm, two diverging walls towards the rear. - A curved lower ramp (8b) which forces by cooperation with each of the locking projections, the front wheel to lift.
  • a hollow profile (8c) which follows the lower ramp (8b) and which thus places each projection opposite the corresponding locking housing.
  • This hollow profile serves as support for the outer tabular portions (10 ") of each of the sleeves (10a, 10b), to form the lateral supports (A, B) for maintaining the cycle.
  • the set of guide ramps guide the movement of the fork head by the cooperation of the ramps with the outer tubular portion (10 ") protruding out of the fork head, thus after the user has engaged the front wheel of the fork. cycle in the space (E) between the two arms (3a, 3b), it suffices to move the cycle forward, and the establishment of locking is done without difficulty.
  • the height (H1) of the axis (X1, X'1) of the hollow recesses is greater than the distance (H2) between the axis (X2, X '2) of the projections and the ground contact of the front tire.
  • the front wheel is slightly raised relative to the ground, the cycle then being retained in lateral support (A, B) at the side sockets.
  • This allows the cycle to have in storage position a stable and balanced position by its supports in three points (A, B, C), namely in front lateral support (A, B) and rear support (C) on the rear wheel (50). It has been understood that thanks to this arrangement of the bearings of the cycle on its storage station that its maintenance in three points including two lateral which are located above the center of gravity of the cycle, give it a very good stability.
  • the cycle comprises an anti-theft system (24) used outside the locking station when the cycle is not locked on a storage station.
  • This antitheft device (24) consists of a cable (25), for example metal, advantageously sheathed, housed in one of the frame tubes (26), one end of which is locked to the frame after extraction, and whose another end, which is the free end, comprises a rigid metal pin (27) intended to be engaged in a transverse locking hole made on the one hand in the steering column of the frame and on the other hand in the fork tube to be locked by a lock (28), as we will see later in the description.
  • the antitheft system used off-station comprises means for locking the direction in an angular position relative to the general plane (P) of the frame.
  • the spindle (27) is constituted by a portion of cylindrical rod, which comprises a peripheral locking groove (27a) intended to cooperate with a latch (28) rotatably mounted around the tubular portion (20a) of the rotating part maneuvering.
  • the end (27b) of the spindle is substantially spherical to cause the rotation of the latch (28) during the introduction of the spindle.
  • the latch (28) pivotally mounted on the axis of the rotating workpiece which is 'extends upwards.
  • This latch (28) is biased in rotation by a spring (29) to be abutted on an abutment (30) integral with the rotary actuating member (20), said abutment being constituted by the vertical rod (30) described above .
  • the movable latch (28) is constituted by a tubular central portion (28a), while its lower end carries a lower flange (28b) which comprises a projection (28c) intended to bear against the stop (30) of the rotary operating part (20).
  • the upper end of the tubular core comprises an upper flange (28d) extended upwards by a vertical locking wall (28e). The latter is intended for locking the metal pin (27) of the lock.
  • the steering tube (33) of the frame comprises at the vertical lock latch wall, a radial hole (31) of horizontal axis forming with the plane (P) an acute angle (A), while the wall of the fork rod (9d) comprises in the same horizontal plane, a corresponding hole (32), whose axis is not, when the front wheel is aligned in the plane (P), in the alignment the hole (31) of the steering tube.
  • the hole (32) of the fork head (9d) is not aligned with the hole (31) of the steering tube (33) of the frame.
  • the two holes (31, 32) are intended to receive the pin (27) of the antitheft cable.
  • Locking of the cycle outside the locking station is done in a first step, by extraction out of the frame of the cable by gripping the pin and by pulling to pull the cable from the frame to the stop, then the user orients his handlebars in order to align the two holes (31, 32), then after engaging the pin (27) in the two aligned holes, the end ramp (27b) of the pin causes the latch (28) to pivot against the action of the spring (29), until the vertical locking wall (28e) of the lock (28) can engage in the throat locking device (27a) of the spindle (27). Unlocking the antitheft is done by pivoting the key (22) engaged in the lock (23). Add that when the cycle is secure off storage station, the malicious user who wants to borrow the cycle of an authorized user, and who cut the cable of the lock could not use the cycle, since the direction is locked in an angular position, which does not allow rolling.
  • This device consists of a key distribution panel (40) secured to the distribution terminal (4).
  • the terminal comprises a key cabinet, and a communication panel allowing the user to communicate with a server.
  • Said panel comprises at least one explanatory note, a keypad and a display for the user to interact with the server and a card reader.
  • radio identification commonly referred to as RFID (from the English “radio”).
  • frequency identification which is a method for remotely storing and retrieving data using markers called" tag radio “commonly referred to as” RFID tag ".
  • tags include an antenna and an electronic chip that can receive and respond to radio requests sent from the transceiver.
  • the locking stations are equipped with “tags” and the bike has a transponder.
  • the "tag” which is a passive device, does not require any source of energy. It is the bike that communicates with a terminal that is near the storage station and communicates with a remote server or directly with a remote server, without going through a communication terminal.
  • the bicycle may comprise a communication panel (51) powered by batteries, batteries or a dynamo or the like, said panel (51) comprising for example a keypad and / or a card reader.
  • a subscription card (52) or a telephone (53), or communicate with the management terminal (4) which communicates with a remote server (54) by WIFl or GPRS, the payment is made by credit card (55) as shown in Figure 16.
  • the Unlocking the bike from its storage station will for example be done through a micro motor that would rotate the control rod (21).
  • the positioning system of the cycle for the first so-called positioning phase is, this time, no longer ensured by the co-operation of the outer sleeves (10) with the two cams as in the first embodiment, but directly between the front wheel. and a ramp (90) disposed on the ground.
  • a ramp (90) disposed on the ground.
  • the front wheel to climb on a first rising slope (91) of the ramp (90) then the wheel will arrive at a position of maximum altitude and then descend naturally by gravity under the action of the second downward slope (92) of the ramp (90), the cycle will then terminate its stroke by the combined action of the two right and left sockets (10a, 10b) of the fork (9) against the longitudinal stops (93a, 93b) arranged frontally on the stalling storage terminal so the direction.
  • the downward slope may be at an angle of 5 to 25 ° with the horizontal, the greater this angle is important plus the stability on its support being effective, also making the cycle more firm to go out.
  • This second embodiment has the advantage of inducing less friction because it acts by the direct rolling of the front wheel in the ramp and no longer by friction on a cam, it also has the advantage of being very dimensionally tolerant and to operate in the same way with different types of tires or with a telescopic damping fork, in this case it is preferable to incline the longitudinal stops (93a, 93b) substantially parallel to the direction of the telescopic fork so that the positioning is independent of the race of the telescopic fork.
  • the operator will be able to install storage stations as he sees fit, and add when it is necessary and without having to do work including branching, since the stations of the invention are passive and their implementation consists of only fixing them to the ground. Furthermore the system of the invention allows the operator to fix the storage stations according to any type of geometry, such as online, round, triangle, angle etc ...
  • the cycle In the storage position on its storage station, the cycle is in a particularly stable position by its lateral support on the arms of the storage station, the front wheel not being supported on the ground.
  • the electric assistance cycle represented in FIGS. 22, 23 and 24 is a variant of the invention according to the first embodiment, comprising an electric accumulator (100) and an electric assistance motor integrated for example in the front wheel (5). ), different sensors not shown (torque, pedaling rate, speed, ...) associated with a microcontroller allow to slave the power of the assistance engine to provide assistance tailored to the needs of the cyclist.
  • This type of cycle has an autonomy of assistance depending on the requested power, the capacity of the accumulator and the level of charge, the autonomy is generally understood today between 20 and 100 Km, which is sufficient for urban rental use, especially as for a collective system we always use a cycle exchange at an intermediate station to take another charged.
  • the terminal is no longer passive but it must be energized (102) in order to recharge the cycle battery, it can however make it autonomous by having photovoltaic solar panels.
  • the left connector system shown in Figure 23 is symmetrical on the right side thus closing an electrical circuit for recharging the battery.
  • This electric circuit can be supplied with direct current or alternating current but in this case the management of the load will have to be integrated in the cycle with at least one system of rectifier. As can be seen in FIG.
  • the locking pin (11a) is pierced and comprises a fixed insulating ring (103a) making it possible to electrically isolate the mobile central connection pad (104a), made of conductive metallic material with a coating having good electrical properties with respect to corrosion (Nickel, Silver, Gold.), this connection pad is axially movable and pushed by the conductive compression spring (18a) itself in support of the internal side on a stud connection (105a) in which is crimped or soldered the left electrical wire (106a) which is connected at its other end to the electronic control unit cycle.
  • the control rod (15a) must obviously in this case be made of insulating material, for example acetal resin to not short circuit the electrical circuit.
  • connection pad (103a) When the bike is not locked, the spring (18a) pushes the connection pad (103a) in abutment on the bottom wall of the locking finger (10a).
  • a fixed connection pad (107a) disposed on the station facing the mobile central connection pad (104a) of the cycle blocks it in its race by generating a force equal to the preload of the spring (18a), that is why in this locked position there is a functional clearance (108) between the axial bearing face of the connection pad and the bottom wall of the locking pin.
  • This game must be greater than the lateral play that the cycle has laterally in its station of this storage in order to always ensure a sufficient pressure to ensure the contact on both sides right and left and not having a break of the electric circuit.
  • the fixed connection pad (107a) is electrically isolated from the structure of the station by an insulating ring (109a) itself embedded in the structure of the station by 2 screws (110a).
  • the fixed connection pad (107a) is threaded, which allows it to be clamped in the insulating ring (109a) by means of a nut (111a) thereby clamping the lug (112a) electrically connected to the wire (113a) ensuring the power supply of the whole.
  • the feed wire (113a) of the station is then electrically connected to the internal feed wire of the cycle, thus making possible the automatic charging of the battery by the 2 right and left sides.
  • connection pads on each side or even use the direct contact of each of the sleeves or locking fingers relative to the storage medium making sure to isolate them electrically between them.
  • the storage station may also be equipped with an inflation device enabling the users to inflate the cycle if necessary.
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US13/130,689 US8678205B2 (en) 2008-11-24 2009-11-19 Cycle storage and locking system
EP09795463A EP2349821B8 (de) 2008-11-24 2009-11-19 Abstell- und absperrsystem für fahrräder
PL09795463T PL2349821T3 (pl) 2008-11-24 2009-11-19 System przechowywania i blokowania rowerów
CA2742511A CA2742511C (fr) 2008-11-24 2009-11-19 Systeme de stockage et de verrouillage de cycles
ES09795463T ES2407534T3 (es) 2008-11-24 2009-11-19 Sistema de almacenamiento y de bloqueo de bicicletas

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