WO2021124189A1 - Bicyclette exclusivement propulsée par un être humain et ayant un changement de vitesse automatique - Google Patents

Bicyclette exclusivement propulsée par un être humain et ayant un changement de vitesse automatique Download PDF

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WO2021124189A1
WO2021124189A1 PCT/IB2020/062097 IB2020062097W WO2021124189A1 WO 2021124189 A1 WO2021124189 A1 WO 2021124189A1 IB 2020062097 W IB2020062097 W IB 2020062097W WO 2021124189 A1 WO2021124189 A1 WO 2021124189A1
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Rosario Aliperti
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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
    • B62M11/00—Transmissions characterised by the use of interengaging toothed wheels or frictionally-engaging wheels
    • B62M11/04—Transmissions characterised by the use of interengaging toothed wheels or frictionally-engaging wheels of changeable ratio
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16H—GEARING
    • F16H61/00—Control functions within control units of change-speed- or reversing-gearings for conveying rotary motion ; Control of exclusively fluid gearing, friction gearing, gearings with endless flexible members or other particular types of gearing
    • F16H61/66—Control functions within control units of change-speed- or reversing-gearings for conveying rotary motion ; Control of exclusively fluid gearing, friction gearing, gearings with endless flexible members or other particular types of gearing specially adapted for continuously variable gearings
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16H—GEARING
    • F16H59/00—Control inputs to control units of change-speed-, or reversing-gearings for conveying rotary motion
    • F16H59/14—Inputs being a function of torque or torque demand
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16H—GEARING
    • F16H59/00—Control inputs to control units of change-speed-, or reversing-gearings for conveying rotary motion
    • F16H59/36—Inputs being a function of speed
    • F16H59/38—Inputs being a function of speed of gearing elements
    • F16H59/40—Output shaft speed
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16H—GEARING
    • F16H59/00—Control inputs to control units of change-speed-, or reversing-gearings for conveying rotary motion
    • F16H59/36—Inputs being a function of speed
    • F16H59/38—Inputs being a function of speed of gearing elements
    • F16H59/42—Input shaft speed

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  • the present invention relates to an exclusively human-powered bicycle with automatic gear shifting.
  • this type of bicycle is provided with a CVT (Continuous Variable Transmission), which has the purpose of varying the transmission ratio between the crank and the drive wheel of the bicycle itself without interruption.
  • CVT Continuous Variable Transmission
  • CVTs employed by bicycles of known type are generally without the known cassette comprising a plurality of toothed wheels of different diameters and selectively meshed by the drive belt (or chain) depending on the desired transmission ratio.
  • the bicycles with automatic gear shifting of known type are provided with a CVT control unit and with two speed sensing devices, configured to detect the spinning speed of the crank and of the drive wheel, respectively, and operationally connected to the control unit.
  • control unit varies the transmission ratio between the crank and the drive wheel according to the speeds detected by the speed sensing devices.
  • the bicycles with automatic gear shifting of known type are however susceptible to improvements related to the variation of the transmission ratio between the crank and the drive wheel.
  • this type of bicycle varies the transmission ratio between the crank and the drive wheel solely depending on the speeds detected by the speed sensing devices.
  • This approach significantly limits the ability of the bicycles with automatic gear shifting of known type to vary the transmission ratio between the crank and the drive wheel depending on the real needs of the user, e.g. depending on the type of use of the bicycle itself, depending on the physical form of the users themselves and the like.
  • the bicycles with automatic gear shifting of known type vary the transmission ratio between the crank and the drive wheel in an extremely rough and imprecise manner.
  • CVTs used by bicycles with automatic gear shifting of known type require a considerable consumption of electrical energy and therefore must be operationally connected to a special power supply battery of particularly bulky dimensions that must be mounted on board the bicycle itself.
  • the main aim of the present invention is to devise a bicycle with an automatic gear shifting that allows the transmission ratio between the crank and the drive wheel to be automatically varied so as to maximize the riding comfort of the bicycle itself during each phase of pedaling compared to the bicycles with automatic gear shifting of known type.
  • a further object of the present invention is to devise a bicycle with an automatic gear shifting that allows the transmission ratio between the crank and the drive wheel to be continuously varied according to the needs of one or more users of the bicycle and to the condition of use of the bicycle itself.
  • An additional object of the present invention is to devise an exclusively human- powered bicycle with automatic gear shifting.
  • Another object of the present invention is to devise a bicycle with automatic gear shifting which allows overcoming the above mentioned drawbacks of the prior within a simple, rational, easy, effective to use and low cost solution.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic view of the bicycle according to the invention.
  • Figures 2 and 3 are graphs describing the ratio between the spinning speed of the drive wheel and the force applied to the pedal set according to the invention
  • FIG. 4 is a block diagram of some bicycle components according to the invention.
  • reference numeral 1 globally indicates an exclusively human-powered bicycle with automatic gear shifting.
  • the exclusively human-powered bicycle 1 with automatic gear shifting comprises: a riding frame 2 used by at least one user to ride the bicycle 1 ; at least one drive wheel 3 associated movable in rotation with the riding frame 2; at least one pedal set 4 associated movable in rotation with the riding frame 2; continuously variable motion transmission means 8 positioned between the pedal set 4 and the drive wheel 3, kinematically connected to the latter ones and adapted to vary the transmission ratio between these seamlessly.
  • pedal set is meant to indicate a pedal set 4 of known type, i.e., provided with a pedal, a crank mechanically coupled to the pedal, and a central gear crown associated with the crank and coupled movable in rotation to the riding frame 2 so as to make a central movement like that employed by the bicycles of known type.
  • the motion transmission means 8 comprise a CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission) mechanical gear shifting adapted to impose between the pedal set 4 and the drive wheel 3 a transmission ratio of any value within a minimum and a maximum value of transmission ratios.
  • CVT Continuous Variable Transmission
  • the bicycle 1 comprises control means 29 of the motion transmission means 8 provided with: sensing means 5, 6, 7, 10, 12 comprising: at least one torque sensing device 5 configured to detect the force applied by the user to the pedal set 4 while riding the bicycle 1 ; at least a first speed sensing device 6 of the drive wheel 3 configured to detect the spinning speed of the latter; at least a second speed sensing device 7 of the pedal set 4 configured to detect the spinning speed of the latter; drive means 9, 11, 13, 30 operationally connected to the sensing means and configured to vary the transmission ratio between the pedal set 4 and the drive wheel 3 depending on the force measured by the torque sensing device 5, on the speed measured by the first speed sensing device 6 and on the speed measured by the second speed sensing device 7.
  • the drive means 9, 11, 13, 30 are configured to operate on the CVT gear shifting of the motion transmission means 8 so as to impose between the pedal set 4 and the drive wheel 3 a transmission ratio of any value within a continuous range of values.
  • the drive means 9, 11, 13, 30 comprise at least one processing unit 9 configured to determine at least one value of an optimal transmission ratio to be applied between the pedal set 4 and the drive wheel, in such a way as to keep, between the speed value and the force value of the pedal set 4, a mathematical ratio of the type wherein the terms and F p correspond to the spinning speed and to the force applied to the pedal set 4 respectively, and the term a k corresponds to a plurality of predefined parameters.
  • the expression “optimal transmission ratio”, which will be referred to as the optimal ratio in the following section, is meant to indicate the ratio that, depending on the measurements made by the torque sensing device 5 and by the first and second speed sensing devices 6 and 7, minimizes the effort and sense of fatigue felt by the cyclist according to the aforementioned mathematical ratio.
  • the processing unit 9 is configured to determine the optimal transmission ratio starting from a mathematical ratio of the type wherein and where the corresponds to the spinning speed of the drive wheel 3, and the term corresponds to a predefined parameter.
  • the drive means 9, 11, 13, 30 comprise at least one storage device 30 configured to store at least one of either: a plurality of predetermined parameters of the parameter or a plurality of predetermined parameters adapted to vary the value of the parameters a k .
  • each of the predetermined parameters is selectable by the user to modify in a different way with respect to the others the optimal transmission ratio depending on the physical/athletic form of the users themselves.
  • the sensing means 5, 6, 7, 10, 12 comprise at least one sensing device 10 selected from the list comprising a temperature sensor, pressure sensor, acceleration sensor, gyroscope and magnetometer.
  • the drive means 9, 11, 13, 30 are configured to vary the value of optimal transmission ratio between the pedal set 4 and the drive wheel 3 depending on the measured physical quantity.
  • the drive means 9, 11, 13, 30 are configured to continuously vary the value of optimal transmission ratio depending on the measured physical quantity.
  • the sensing means 5, 6, 7, 10, 12 comprise a plurality of sensing devices
  • the sensing means 5, 6, 7, 10, 12 comprise at least one sensing device 10 for each type of sensing device mentioned in the preceding list.
  • the value of the optimal ratio is varied depending on the predetermined parameters and depending on the measured physical quantity. This variation is expressed by the following formula:
  • a k is the generic parameter of the ideal curve, is the predetermined parameter selected by the user and where f(x ) is a variable value calculated in continuity depending on the measured physical quantity defined as x.
  • control means 29 comprise interface means, not shown in the figures, configured to indicate the value of at least one of either
  • the interface means are of the type of an electronic manual input device by the user, such as e.g. a touch screen, a selector switch or the like.
  • the interface means are preferably mounted on the riding frame 2.
  • the control means 29 comprise communication means 31 configured to communicate with at least one remote drive device 32 not shown in the figures.
  • the communication means 31 are configured to send to the remote drive device 32 one or more riding data of the bicycle 1, such as e.g. the data measured by the sensing means 5, 6, 7, 10, 12.
  • the communication means 31 are of the type of an electronic communication device for data transmission, e.g. via Bluetooth, mobile network, Wi-Fi and the like.
  • the remote drive device 32 is preferably an electronic device of the type of a smart-phone, tablet, PC, or the like.
  • the drive means 9, 11, 13, 30 comprise at least one actuator assembly 11 kinematically connected to the motion transmission means 8 to vary the transmission ratio between the pedal set 4 and the drive wheel 3.
  • the drive means 9, 11, 13, 30 continuously vary the transmission ratio between the pedal set 4 and the drive wheel 3 by means of the actuator assembly 11.
  • the actuator assembly 11 operates on the motion transmission means
  • the actuator assembly 11 is provided with reduction means, not shown in the figures, coupled to the motion transmission means 8.
  • the drive means 9, 11, 13, 30 are configured to vary the transmission ratio according to alternative calculation methods.
  • the sensing means 5, 6, 7, 10, 12 comprise at least one position sensing device 12 of the actuator assembly 11 configured to detect the position of the actuator assembly itself.
  • the position sensing device 12 is an encoder.
  • the drive means 9, 11, 13, 30 comprise at least one storage unit 13 configured to store a plurality of preset spinning speed values of the drive wheel 3 and a plurality of preset position values of the actuator assembly 11, each of which is logically related to a corresponding preset spinning speed value, each preset position of the actuator assembly 11 corresponding to a preset transmission ratio value.
  • this logical correlation between the preset spinning speed values and the predefined position values is defined by a calibration of the motion transmission means 8, in this case the CVT gear shifting.
  • the drive means 9, 11, 13, 30 are configured to move the actuator assembly 11 to the predefined position corresponding to the preset spinning speed value of the drive wheel 3 when the latter coincides with the measured spinning speed value of the drive wheel 3.
  • the drive means 9, 11, 13, 30 are configured to vary the transmission ratio differently if the bicycle 1 is moving, but the pedal set 4 is stationary.
  • the drive wheel 3 comprises at least one drive hub 15 associated movable in rotation with the riding frame 2.
  • the bicycle 1 comprises at least one sprocket 16 kinematically coupled in rotation and with overrunning clutch, or also referred to as a free wheel, to the drive hub 15.
  • the motion transmission means 8 are positioned between a drive hub 15 of known type and a sprocket 16 of known type, which are mechanically coupled to each other by means of a free wheel mechanism of known type, i.e., by means of a uncoupling mechanism of the drive hub 15 and of the sprocket 16 when the latter rotates with a lower speed than the drive hub 15.
  • the motion transmission means 8 are positioned between the drive hub 15 and the sprocket 16.
  • the bicycle 1 comprises at least one transmission element, such as e.g. a chain, a belt or the like, not shown in the figures, positioned between the sprocket
  • the drive means 9, 11, 13, 30 continuously and seamlessly vary the transmission ratio between the sprocket 16 and the drive hub 15 during the use of the bicycle 1 by the user.
  • control means 29 are configured to check when the sprocket 16 is coupled to the drive hub 15, that is, when: both spinning speeds of the pedal set 4 and of the drive wheel 3 are faster than a corresponding predefined threshold speed; and at least one of either the acceleration of the pedal set 4 or the acceleration of the drive wheel 3 is faster than a corresponding predefined threshold acceleration.
  • the processing unit 9 is configured to calculate the acceleration of at least one of either the pedal set 4 or the drive wheel 3 starting from the variation in speed measured by the first speed sensing device 6 and by the second speed sensing device 7, respectively.
  • the drive means 9, 11, 13, 30 are configured to apply between the pedal set 4 and the drive wheel 3 the value of the optimal transmission ratio when the sprocket 16 is coupled to the drive hub 15, and the value of the preset transmission ratio when the sprocket 16 is uncoupled from the drive hub 15. Therefore, when the sprocket 16 is uncoupled from the drive hub 15, the drive means 9, 11, 13, 30 vary the transmission ratio depending on the spinning speed of the drive wheel 3.
  • This device allows the user to resume pedaling with a transmission ratio that is appropriate for the speed of the bicycle 1.
  • the transmission ratio between the pedal set 4 and the drive wheel 3 at the end of the descent will be increased by a certain factor compared to the transmission ratio at the beginning of the descent.
  • the bicycle 1 comprises power supply means 28 of the control means 29, mounted on the riding frame 2 and provided with: at least one of at least one generator device 17 and at least one electrical charge storage device 18; at least one power supply circuit 26 operationally connected to the control means 29 and operationally connected to at least one of either the generator device 17 or the electrical charge storage device 18.
  • the power supply means 28 comprise both the generator device 17 and the electrical charge storage device 18.
  • the generator device 17 is of the type selected from the list comprising a dynamo and an alternator.
  • the generator device 17 is an alternator.
  • the bicycle 1 comprises at least one free wheel 19 provided with at least one free hub 20 associated movable in rotation with the riding frame 2.
  • the generator device 17 is interposed between the free hub 20 and the riding frame 2.
  • the generator device 17 is integrated at least partly into the free hub 20.
  • the generator device 17 generates a voltage and a current having a frequency and intensity proportional to the spinning speed of the free wheel 19.
  • the voltage and current generated by the generator device 17 are of the sinusoidal kind.
  • the sensing means 5, 6, 7, 10, 12 comprise at least a third speed sensing device 14 configured to detect the spinning speed of the free wheel 19.
  • the third speed sensing device 14 preferably coincides with the generator device 17.
  • the generator device 17 can be used both as an alternator and as a spinning speed sensor of the free wheel 19.
  • the power supply circuit 26 comprises at least one power factor correction circuit 21 operationally connected downstream of the generator device 17 and configured to reduce the reactive charging power coming from the generator device 17.
  • the power factor correction circuit 21 is provided with at least one equivalent capacitive element configured to take a plurality of equivalent capacitance values.
  • the drive means 9, 11, 13, 30 are configured to vary the equivalent capacitance value depending on the speed value measured by the third speed sensing device 14.
  • the power supply circuit 26 comprises at least one rectifier circuit 33 operationally connected downstream of the power factor correction circuit 21.
  • the power supply circuit 26 comprises at least one DC-DC converter circuit 34 operationally connected downstream of the rectifier circuit 33.
  • the power supply circuit 26 comprises at least one power supply input 23 operationally connectable to external power supply means and configured to charge the electrical charge storage device 18.
  • external power supply means any external source of electrical power, such as e.g. of the type of a battery pack, an outlet to a power grid, and the like.
  • the power supply circuit 26 comprises at least one charging circuit 22 operationally connected to the generator device 17 and to the electrical charge storage device 18, and configured to charge the latter with the power supply provided by the generator device 17.
  • the charging circuit 22 allows the electrical charge storage device 18 to be charged by means of the power supply provided by the generator device 17 when the latter generates electrical energy, i.e., when the bicycle 1 is in motion.
  • the charging circuit 22 is operationally connected to the power supply input 23 as well.
  • the charging circuit 22 is configured to charge the electrical charge storage device 18 selectively with one of either the power supply provided by the generator device 17 or the power supply provided by the power supply input 23. This way, in the event of the electrical charge storage device 18 being completely discharged, e.g. as a result of prolonged non-use of the bicycle 1, the charging circuit 22 is configured to charge the electrical charge storage device 18 via the power supply input 23.
  • the electrical charge storage device 18 is of the type of a buffer battery periodically charged by the generator device 17 during the movement of the bicycle 1.
  • the electrical charge storage device 18 is preferably of the type of a battery integrated in the drive means 9, 11, 13, 30, to which it provides power only when the bicycle 1 is stationary.
  • the power supply input 23, on the other hand, is preferably of the type of an electrical connector connectable to the external power supply means of the type known to the engineer in the art, such as, e.g., the national power grid or even such as battery packs or the like.
  • the power supply circuit 26 comprises at least one regulation circuit 24 operationally connected to the charging circuit 22 and configured to regulate the value of the charging current of the electrical charge storage device 18 depending on at least one of either the charge level of the latter or the speed value of the free wheel 19.
  • the regulation circuit 24 is configured to regulate the value of the charging current of the electrical charge storage device 18 depending on the charge level of the latter and the speed value of the free wheel 19.
  • the current generated by the generator device 17 depends on the spinning speed of the free wheel 19. This way, the regulation circuit 24 is configured to optimize the use of the generator device 17.
  • the power supply circuit 26 comprises at least one load sharing circuit 25 operationally connected to the generator device 17 and to the electrical charge storage device 18 and configured to power the control means 29 selectively with one of either the power supply provided by the generator device 17 or the power supply provided by the electrical charge storage device 18.
  • the load sharing circuit 25 is configured to power the control means 29, 13 with the power supply provided by the electrical charge storage device 18 when the generator device 17 is not generating electricity, i.e., when the bicycle 1 is substantially stationary.
  • the load sharing circuit 25 is configured to power the control means 29 with the power supply provided by the generator device 17 when the latter is producing electricity, i.e., when the bicycle 1 is in motion.
  • the load sharing circuit 25 is preferably operationally connected upstream of the DC-DC converter circuit.
  • the bicycle 1 comprises at least one bypass circuit 27 operationally connected to the electrical charge storage device 18 and to the processing unit 9 and configured to power supply the latter ones directly with the power supply provided by the electrical charge storage device 18.
  • the processing unit 9 is adapted to configure the power supply means 28 between at least one active condition, wherein the bypass circuit 27 is deactivated and the load sharing circuit 25 is activated and supplies the control means 29, and at least one home configuration, wherein the load sharing circuit 25 is deactivated and the bypass circuit 27 is activated and supplies the processing unit 9.
  • processing unit 9 is configured to deactivate the power supply of any other component of the bicycle 1.
  • the processing unit 9 is configured to deactivate the power supply of any other component of the bicycle 1 when the same is stationary for longer than a specified amount of time.
  • This solution allows preserving the electrical charge of the electrical charge storage device 18 when the bicycle 1 is stationary.
  • the processing unit 9 is configured to activate the power supply of any other component of the bicycle 1 as a result of the generation of at least one of either a current or a voltage by the generator device 17.
  • the processing unit 9 only activates the power supply to any other component of the bicycle 1 when the bicycle is set in motion.
  • control means allow significantly increasing the riding comfort of the bicycle compared to the bicycles of known type.
  • control means make it possible to impose between the pedal set and the drive wheel an optimal transmission ratio, which is determined and varied depending on the spinning speed of the drive wheel and depending on the force applied to the central unit.
  • the generator device allows making an exclusively human-powered bicycle with automatic gear shifting.
  • the generator device allows powering the control means without the need to use heavy and bulky batteries on board the bicycle, which must necessarily be used at least partly to assist the user in the propulsion of the bicycle itself, which would otherwise be particularly heavy and uncomfortable to use.

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La présente invention concerne une bicyclette exclusivement propulsée par un être humain (1) et ayant un changement de vitesse automatique, comprenant : un cadre de conduite (2) ; une roue d'entraînement (3) associée de manière mobile en rotation avec le cadre de conduite (2) ; un ensemble de pédales (4) associé de manière mobile en rotation avec le cadre de conduite (2) ; des moyens de transmission de mouvement à variation continue (8) positionnés entre ledit ensemble de pédales (4) et ladite roue d'entraînement (3), conçus pour faire varier le rapport de transmission entre ces éléments en continu ; des moyens de commande (29) du moyen de transmission de mouvement (8) pourvus : de moyens de détection (5, 6, 7, 10, 12) pourvus : d'un dispositif de détection de couple (5) configuré pour détecter la force appliquée par l'utilisateur audit ensemble de pédales (4) ; d'un premier dispositif de détection de vitesse (6) de la roue d'entraînement (3) ; d'un second dispositif de détection de vitesse (7) dudit ensemble de pédales (4) ; de moyens d'entraînement (9, 11, 13, 30) configurés pour faire varier le rapport de transmission en fonction de la force mesurée par le dispositif de détection de couple (5), sur la vitesse mesurée par le premier dispositif de détection de vitesse (6) et sur la vitesse mesurée par le second dispositif de détection de vitesse (7).
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