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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2019
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62M 6/65 (2010.01); B62M 6/50 (2010.01); B62M 7/12 (2006.01); B62J 43/13 (2020.01); B62J 45/412 (2020.01); B62J 45/423 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62M 6/65 (2013.01); B62J 43/13 (2020.02); B62J 45/412 (2020.02); B62J 45/423 (2020.02); B62M 6/50 (2013.01); B62M 7/12 (2013.01); B60L 2200/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bicycle motorization device is attached to a bicycle. The motorization device includes: a calculation unit configured to calculate speed of the bicycle; an estimation unit configured to estimate pedal force applied to pedals of the bicycle; an electric motor; a battery which supplies electric power to the electric motor; and a control unit configured to apply auxiliary driving force to a wheel of the bicycle by driving the electric motor based on the speed calculated and the pedal force estimated.