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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Taiwan Bicycle Industry R&D Center, Taichung, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J / ; B02K / ; B62K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
320104 ; 180205 ; 180 652 ;
Abstract
A charging device for charging an electric bicycle includes a charger which is received in the trunk of a vehicle and electrically connected to the battery of the vehicle by a conductive wire. A wire extends from the charger and is detachably connected to the rechargeable battery of the electric bicycle which can be received in the trunk or carried on the vehicle by a bicycle carrier attached to the vehicle. The conductive wire has the first end connected to the charger and the second end having an adapter which is received in the cigarette lighter receptacle hole of the vehicle.