Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B60R25/00—Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles
  • B60R25/30—Detection related to theft or to other events relevant to anti-theft systems
  • B60R25/307—Detection related to theft or to other events relevant to anti-theft systems using data concerning maintenance or configuration
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B60R25/00—Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles
  • B60R25/01—Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles operating on vehicle systems or fittings, e.g. on doors, seats or windscreens
  • B60R25/04—Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles operating on vehicle systems or fittings, e.g. on doors, seats or windscreens operating on the propulsion system, e.g. engine or drive motor
  • B60R25/045—Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles operating on vehicle systems or fittings, e.g. on doors, seats or windscreens operating on the propulsion system, e.g. engine or drive motor by limiting or cutting the electrical supply to the propulsion unit
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
  • B62H—CYCLE 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
  • B62H5/00—Appliances preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of cycles; Locks integral with cycles
  • B62H5/001—Preventing theft of parts or accessories used on cycles, e.g. lamp, dynamo
• • 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
  • B62M6/80—Accessories, e.g. power sources; Arrangements thereof

Definitions

• the invention relates - in general - to an anti-theft system for electric vehicles, such as e.g. cars and in particular electric bicycles.
• the object is therefore to propose an anti-theft system to overcome one or more of these problems, with a system and/or method according to the appended claims, in which the dependent ones define advantageous variants.
• the anti-theft system is for a vehicle equipped with
• an electric propulsive motor (connected for example with a wheel or track suitable to move the vehicle with respect to the ground),
• control device e.g. electrically connectable to the vehicle in a removable way, to send and receive electrical signals to / from the motor and the battery.
• Each component (i) ⁇ (iii) of the system i.e. the battery, the electric motor and the removable control device, comprises an electronic processing unit which is configured (for example programmed) for
• the system thus manages to prevent or discourage the theft of components.
• the aforementioned three processing units are configured (for example programmed) to enable the operation of the respective component only if they are connected together simultaneously and each receives the codes of the other two. Therefore if one would be missing due to theft, the other two components would be useless, even individually.
• each of the electronic processing units specialized in operating the battery and/or the electric motor is configured or programmed to enable the component on which it is installed only if it receives
• an identification code of a user associated with the vehicle on which the battery and/or the electric motor are installed e.g. installed for the first time.
• the identification code of a user may be e.g. transmitted by the control device.
• the characteristic that the battery and/or the electric motor work(s) only if it/ they receive(s) a unique code associated to the other and to the control device, implies that the battery and / or the electric motor work only if:
• control device is present in the vehicle, e.g. inserted in a proper seat, and send them its own identification code;
• the three components are installed on the same vehicle, while they do not work if they are separate, namely each mounted on a different vehicle, or if one is missing on that vehicle.
• the condition for the electronic unit to receive the identification code of a user associated with the vehicle prevents theft of the whole vehicle. Without this code the electronic battery unit and/or the electric motor does not work or, at least, disables the operation of the battery and / or the electric motor.
• the protections that is the protections in the battery, in the electric motor and in the control device, are preferably implemented together, but they are also usable individually.
• the battery's identification code may be e.g. stored in its electronic unit, or in a memory associated with the electronic unit. Such electronic unit can be exploited, and often is already present, to manage the charging or discharging process towards a load, so it is not difficult to implement the system in a pre-existing battery.
• the identification code of the electric motor may be e.g. stored in its electronic unit, or in a memory associated with the electronic unit. Such electronic unit can be exploited, and often is already present, to manage the power electronics that drives the power supply of the motor windings, so it is not difficult to implement the system in an existing motor.
• the identification code of the control device may be e.g. stored in its electronic unit, or in a memory associated with the electronic unit. Such electronic unit can be exploited, and often is already present, to manage the general operation of the vehicle.
• the electronic units of the battery and/or of the electric motor are integrated in a completely separate stand-alone component, that is, a component that is controlled solely by signals sent from the outside to the internal electronic unit.
• the battery and/or the electric motor are preferably a completely separate stand-alone component, that is, a component that is controlled solely by signals sent from the outside to the internal electronic unit, which is the only one to coordinate the internal functioning thereof.
• the electronic unit is therefore the only interface towards the outside of the battery and/or of the electric motor, and preferably may be reached through a connector mounted on a casing (for example sealed) containing as a single monolithic block all the components forming the battery and / or electric motor.
• the battery's identification code may be sent in real time to the electric motor and/or to the control device, or vice versa, via a data bus or a signal bus that connects them. Or it may be entered periodically by a user, e.g. via a data input interface with which the battery and/or electric motor is equipped.
• the identification code of a user associated with the vehicle may be sent to the battery and/or the electric motor in many ways (i.e. via a source other than the control device), e.g.
• a tag e.g. RFID
• a key holder e.g. in a key holder, in a small magnet, in a garment or other object or accessory that can be worn by the user while driving the vehicle and / or transportable by the vehicle during the travel
• a component of the vehicle e.g. a part of the dashboard, an indicator or a key.
• the component is preferably connectable to the data or signal bus, in order to transmit its own code to the battery and/or to the electric motor or to have it read by them, as well as to receive their code from the battery and / or from the electric motor to verify it and to subordinate the operation of the control device to the correctness of the received code.
• the detachable control device comprises wireless transmission means for communicating the code to the battery and / or to the electric motor.
• control device is detachable from the vehicle, e.g. thanks to the feature of comprising temporary attachment means such as Velcro®, a clamp, a suction cup or a part which can be fitted by shape coupling in a corresponding wall of the vehicle (such as a bayonet coupling).
• temporary attachment means such as Velcro®, a clamp, a suction cup or a part which can be fitted by shape coupling in a corresponding wall of the vehicle (such as a bayonet coupling).
• the processing unit contained in the control device is preferably configured or programmed also to manage the operation of the vehicle, e.g. by sending command signals that the units in the battery and/or in the electric motor execute by driving the electronics on board the battery and / or the electric motor.
• functions controlled by the unit in the control device we cite for example
• the aforementioned operating parameters are sent as electrical signals to the electronic unit of the motor and/or battery, which electronic unit drives the internal devices of the motor and / or battery to obtain the desired value for these physical quantities.
• Another aspect of the invention is an electric vehicle, such as e.g. a car and in particular an electric bicycle, comprising said anti-theft system.
• Another aspect of the invention is an anti-theft method for components of a vehicle equipped with
• an electric propulsive motor (connected for example to a wheel or track adapted for moving the vehicle with respect to the ground),
• control device electrically connectable to the vehicle in removable manner for sending and receiving electrical control signals to the motor and to the battery.
• the electric motor and the control device operate(s) exclusively and only if it/ they receive(s) an electric signal, coming from outside the component, which contains
• the electric vehicle to which the invention is applicable is e.g. a car and in particular an electric bicycle.
• the aforementioned codes are encrypted.
• the components (i), (ii) and (iii) comprise an electronic unit for performing steps of the method.
• one or each of said electronic units is a programmable microprocessor, provided with a program comprising instructions which, when executed, carry out the steps defined above.
• the electronic unit of one or each component (i), (ii) and/or (iii) inhibits the operation of the component if the identification code is not correct.
• the electronic unit of one or each component (i), (ii) and/or (iii) verifies the identification code by comparing it with a pre-stored code.
• control device is a portable object.
• control device comprises a display for displaying data and/or parameters relating to the operation of the vehicle.
• the vehicle is an electric bicycle equipped with a handlebar for steering, the control device being attachable to the handlebar in removable manner.

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