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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2000
Frederic Francis Grant, Bellflower, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A shiftable bicycle transmission ( ) is automatically shifted by automatically sensing output power torque of the transmission ( ) automatically converting sensed output power torque to transmission shifting motion, and automatically shifting the shiftable transmission ( ) with that transmission shifting motion. A shiftable bicycle ( ) driving power transmission has a transmission shifting element ( ), a bicycle output power torque sensor ( ), and an output power torque-to-transmission shifting motion converter ( ) having an output power torque input coupled to that output power torque sensor ( ) and having a transmission shifting motion output. Such transmission shifting element ( ) is coupled to the transmission shifting motion output of that converter.