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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2020
Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Iwata, JP;
Toru Ohashi, Shizuoka, JP;
YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
An electric assist bicycle includes an electric motor that generates an assistance force to assist a human force of a rider, a handle to be gripped by the rider with a hand to steer the electric assist bicycle, a manipulation device provided on the handle and including an operation switch that receives a manipulation from the rider and an alternate switch that receives a manipulation from the rider to change functions to be assigned to the operation switch, and a control circuit that performs a control to alter an operation to be executed by the electric assist bicycle depending on whether the rider manipulates the operation switch in a state of keeping the alternate switch manipulated or the rider manipulates the operation switch in a state of not manipulating the alternate switch.