WO2016030549A1 - Bicyclette électrique - Google Patents

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WO2016030549A1
WO2016030549A1 PCT/ES2014/070669 ES2014070669W WO2016030549A1 WO 2016030549 A1 WO2016030549 A1 WO 2016030549A1 ES 2014070669 W ES2014070669 W ES 2014070669W WO 2016030549 A1 WO2016030549 A1 WO 2016030549A1
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module
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electric bicycle
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Juan Manuel CORCHADO RODRÍGUEZ
Javier BAJO PÉREZ
Juan Francisco De Paz Santana
Gabriel VILLARRUBIA GONZÁLEZ
Sara RodrÍguez González
Marco Antonio DE LA SERNA GONZALEZ
Jose Vicente FRANCO REVILLA
Sergio Ivan RUESGA PUERTA
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Universidad De Salamanca
Stagemotion S.L.
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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

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  • the present invention discloses an electric bicycle.
  • the present invention discloses an electric bicycle that has communication means, both with the bicycle electronics, and with an external device that has a man-machine interface.
  • EPACs Electric Power Assisted Cycles
  • Electric power assisted bicycles Various electric bicycles or EPACs (acronym for the English expression “Electric Power Assisted Cycles", electric power assisted bicycles) are known in which various measurements are made, including the user's pedaling power, the remaining energy in the electric battery, among others. Such measurements are useful for the user in order to determine the current state of the electric vehicle.
  • an electric bicycle of the type comprising:
  • ® a series of wheels attached to the body of the bicycle; ® a motor coupled to at least one of said wheels; ® means for feeding said motor; Y
  • said bicycle has a communication module comprising a device communication sub-module that communicates to the communication module with the controller and an interface communication sub-module that communicates to the communication module with external devices.
  • the fact that the motor is coupled to at least one of said wheels may represent an indirect coupling between both parts, for example, the motor may be coupled to an intermediate part such as a pinion or to the pedal assembly of Those that transfer movement to the wheel are transferred.
  • the communication between the device communication sub-module and the controller comprises wired communication means.
  • the interface communication sub-module may comprise wireless communication means with external devices.
  • the device can have the information of the motor, batteries, among others by means of wired media since they are devices that, regularly, are attached to the bicycle and the user interface, which can be understood as a remote display and that is external to the bicycle, it can be connected to the system by means of wireless means provided in the external device (for example, a mobile phone) and in the interface communication sub-module.
  • wireless media can be, for example, Bluetooth, WiFi, Zigbee or others known in the art.
  • the external devices comprise a mobile telephone.
  • a device with advanced features is used, such as internet connection, slow photography systems (GPS), processors, among others without the need to incorporate them exclusively for the electric bicycle, therefore, it is available of advanced functionalities giving use to existing external devices, which represents a cost saving.
  • GPS slow photography systems
  • it is possible to use devices other than a mobile phone such as, for example, tables, smart watches and even simpler displays such as screens capable of communicating with the communication module.
  • a very relevant aspect of the present invention is the ability of two-way communication between the different devices, modules and sub-modules.
  • the interface communication sub-module comprises means for acquiring signals from the external devices, for example, a GPS signal from the mobile phone so that data relating to the user's position can be stored in the communication module , distance traveled, etc.
  • the communication module obtains, through the device communication sub-module, functional parameters related to the motor and the power supply means being able to send information regarding the status to the external devices (such as a mobile phone) current of the electric components of the bicycle.
  • said functional parameters related to the motor and the feeding means may be; energy remaining in the power supply, motor speed, power supply voltage, among others.
  • the communication module by means of the sub-communication module of inferfaz, comprises means for communicating the functional parameters to at least one external device.
  • the present invention contemplates that the external device also serves as a device for entering data to the electric bicycle, for example, to modify configuration parameters of the electric motor that may be contained in the controller.
  • Said configuration parameters may be, for example, the activation / deactivation of the engine and / or power to be delivered by the engine.
  • said configuration parameters are obtained by the communication module and, in particular, can be configured from a signal obtained by the interface sub-module.
  • the interface communication sub-module may comprise power means to at least one of the external devices.
  • the present invention conterniates that the same principles disclosed above for an electric bicycle designed for said communication between devices can be applied to an existing electric bicycle by the addition of a communications module. Consequently, the present invention discloses a communications module for electric bicycles comprising a motor and batteries characterized in that it comprises:
  • the device communication sub-module acquires, through communication means, functional parameters of the motor and / or batteries and the interface communication sub-module has means of communication with external devices.
  • the functional parameters of the motor and / or the batteries can be: motor speed, battery voltage and charge (or energy) remaining in the batteries.
  • external devices may comprise a mobile phone.
  • the interface communication sub-module has means for sending the functional parameters of the motor to at least one external device.
  • the communication means have configuration means for the configuration parameters of the motor and / or the batteries, said configuration parameters being, for example, the activation / deactivation of the motor, the power to be delivered by the motor, etc.
  • the configuration parameters can be communicated from an external device through the interface communication sub-module.
  • Figure 1 shows an exemplary embodiment of an electric bicycle according to the present invention.
  • Figure 2 shows a schematic view of the electrical and electronic components of the bicycle of Figure 1.
  • Figure 3 shows a communication diagram between some of the modules and devices of a bicycle according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 shows a schematic diagram showing several components of some modules and devices of the present invention.
  • Figure 1 shows an electric bicycle (1) having a body (6) a handlebar (2) a front wheel (3) a rear wheel (4) a mechanical driving means (5) of at least one of the wheels which, in particular, comprise a pair of pedals, bearings, gears, among others.
  • the bicycle (1) has electric drive means (7) which, in particular, comprise a motor, a battery and, preferably, a controller of said motor and battery.
  • said electric drive means are connected by means of coupling (9) to one of the wheels. It is important to note that, for illustrative and non-limiting purposes, it has been represented that the drive means
  • said drive means can be arranged in any other place of the bicycle provided that they fulfill the objective for which they have been conceived, that is, transmit a rotational movement to a wheel.
  • the user can select in the controller if he wishes to use the mechanical drive means (5), the electric drive means (7) or use a hybrid between them. Said selection can be made, either directly on the controller, or by means of display means arranged, preferably, on the bicycle handle, said display means being able to be, for example, a mobile telephone
  • the display means is an external device (ie it is not an exclusive device for the electric bicycle).
  • Said external device may additionally be a display screen, a tablet, among others.
  • FIG. 2 shows a scheme illustrating the interrelation between some of the modules and devices contemplated by the present invention.
  • the electric drive means (7) comprise, on the one hand, a controller (71) which is associated with both the motor and the battery of the electric bicycle as well as different sensors associated therewith, such as sensors of speed, voltage, current, among others.
  • said drive means comprise a communication module (70) that acts as a gateway that has means for acquiring data from the controller (71) said data may contain information relating to the configuration parameters of the electrical mechanisms (such as, power to be delivered by the motor, motor activation / deactivation, nominal voltage of the batteries, etc.) or information related to functional parameters of the electrical mechanisms (such as, current motor speed, motor temperature, remaining voltage in batteries, etc.).
  • said communication module (70) also has means for sending information to the controller (71) so that, by means of the communication module (70) it is possible, for example, to modify the motor configuration parameters and / or of the batteries.
  • this connection is preferably a wired connection (73) since both are fixed on the electric bicycle.
  • the communication between this communication module (70) and the controller (71) will be considered, for ease of understanding of the present invention, which is carried out by means of a device communication sub-module, said device communication sub-module being able to comprise , preferably, means of translating the protocol used by the controller (and which is defined by its manufacturer) into a new standard protocol that can be used by other external devices.
  • the communication module (70) has communication means (70) with external devices.
  • the communication module (70) has means for communicating with a mobile phone (8) and with a heart rate monitor (10). This connection is made via an interface communication sub-module and is preferably a wireless connection using protocols such as Bluetooth, WiFi, Zigbee, etc.
  • This feature allows, with a low processing capacity to have information of the environment, through applications arranged in the mobile phone (8) (such as, for example, positioning, weather data, road situation) as well as information from other external devices such as, for example, pulsometers or external speed sensors.
  • applications arranged in the mobile phone (8) such as, for example, positioning, weather data, road situation
  • information from other external devices such as, for example, pulsometers or external speed sensors.
  • the bicycle has an advantage of the high processing capabilities of external devices such as mobile phones (8). Since such devices are able to collect information from! means, the bicycle object of the present invention has the ability to receive the electrical information of the electric drive means (7) and combine it with the information that comes from external sources such as GPS signals, weather forecasting services or wind, altimetry and terrain maps, route guidance systems, information from other external devices such as cardiac sensors. In this way, the external device (8) is able to calculate optimal routes, adapt the level of assistance to the pilot's instantaneous physical characteristics or the terrain and send that information to! communication module (70) so that it sends commands to the controller (71).
  • external sources such as GPS signals, weather forecasting services or wind, altimetry and terrain maps, route guidance systems, information from other external devices such as cardiac sensors.
  • the communication module (70) can send information to the external device (8), both of the values of the electric drive means (7), and of the values collected from the external devices (8), as well as in the event of failures in the controller (70), the fault data, as well as user tracking data, can be sent to other users of the same system for joint viewing or monitoring exchanges through external devices (8). Since the communication with the external devices is bi-directional, the communication module (70) can obtain, through the interface communication sub-module, controller configuration parameters (71) and proceed to configure different operating modes according to The user selection on the mobile phone (8). Additionally, the communication module may have other means for acquiring user information, such as by means of a command (72),
  • FIG. 3 shows a simplified scheme to explain the communications between modules and devices.
  • This figure shows how the controller (71) communicates with the communications module (70) via a wired connection, said connection being preferably bidirectional so that the communication module can access the controller information (71) and Send you information to modify your configuration parameters. Additionally, the connection module has wireless connection means for sending / receiving data (1 1) from the mobile phone (8).
  • Figure 4 shows a more complete communications scheme including other elements of the electric bicycle. Specifically, Figure 4 shows that the controller (71) has configuration information from the motor (74) and the power system (75) of said motor, that is, its batteries. Additionally, information from sensors of the electric bicycle can be included.
  • Said information is preferably sent via a wired connection (73) to the communication module (70).
  • the communications module (70) has a communication submodule with devices (78) that obtains and sends information to the controller (71) and an interface communication submodule (77) that is It handles communications with external devices on a bicycle, such as a mobile phone (8), a heart rate monitor (10) or any other external device.
  • the communications module (70) has a memory (78) in which data obtained by the controller (71), data obtained from mobile phone (8) or a combination of data received from both parties by means of the Processing of such information.
  • data such as total kilometers traveled, installed engine model, system error codes, engine map information, battery control codes, etc. can be stored in the memona (78).

Abstract

La présente invention concerne une bicyclette électrique (1) qui apporte une solution aux problèmes de la technique antérieure du fait que, avec une solution à faible coût, elle permet d'avoir des données relatives à l'environnement de l'utilisateur ainsi que des données de fonctionnement de la bicyclette sur un unique dispositif de visualisation (c'est-à-dire une interface homme-machine). Pour cela, la bicyclette dispose d'un contrôleur (71) associé au moteur et aux moyens d'alimentation et comprend un module de communication (70) qui lui-même comprend un module secondaire de communication de dispositifs (76) qui met en relation le module de communication avec le contrôleur (71) et un module secondaire de communication d'interface (77) qui met en relation le module de communication (70) avec des dispositifs externes.
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