Fallbrook Intellectual Property Company LLC

Fallbrook Technologies Inc.

Other

Enviolo B.v.

Jeffrey A Birchak

Donald C Miller

Robert A Smithson

David R Allen

Brian Benjamin Sweet

Wayne Leroy Contello

Kevin Alan Gust

Richard Hilgart

Charles B Lohr

Daniel J Dawe

Jeremy Carter

Christopher M Vasiliotis

Matthew R Bazyn

David Barton Hancock

Eric Tanner

Russell Charles Whisler

A continuously variable transmission on a bicycle may be automatically configured with little or no assistance from a user. Optical scanning devices, RFIDs, and other information capturing technology can communicate with a controller. The controller may then perform a portion or all of a configuration process. In operation, a controller may determine that calibration is needed. A calibration process may be initiated and performed with little or no user interaction. A calibration process may account for a load, a power source, or an environment.

Systems and methods for automatic configuration and automatic calibration of continuously variable transmissions and bicycles having continuously variable transmissions

Systems and methods for automatic configuration and automatic calibration of continuously variable transmissions and bicycles having continuously variable transmission

A bicycle configured for communication with other bicycles, a centralized server, client computing devices and third party servers allows the rider to be connected with friends, coaches/trainers, and third party vendors including vendors associated with lodging, food, and other conveniences, vendors associated with bike servicing, equipment, warranties, and other bike related products and services, and vendors associated with routes, areas or destinations. Information may be communicated in real time or stored in memory and communicated to servers, client devices, other riders, etc., at a later date. Information may be communicated to the bike controller for route planning, service scheduling, training purposes and the like. Information communicated to or from the bicycle may be performed as indicated by the rider or there may be predetermined rules or guidelines for what information is collected and to whom the information may be sent to or received from.

Components, systems and methods of bicycle-based network connectivity and methods for controlling a bicycle having network connectivity

A continuously variable planetary gear set is described having a generally tubular idler, a plurality of balls distributed radially about the idler, each ball having a tiltable axis about which it rotates, a rotatable input disc positioned adjacent to the balls and in contact with each of the balls, a rotatable output disc positioned adjacent to the balls opposite the input disc and in contact with each of the balls such that each of the balls makes three-point contact with the input disc, the output disc and the idler, and a rotatable cage adapted to maintain the axial and radial position of each of the balls, wherein the axes of the balls are oriented by the axial position of the idler.

Continuously variable planetary gear set

Growing community of inventors

San Diego, CA, United States of America

Jeffrey A Birchak