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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:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2012
Applicant:
Akihiko Shoge, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Akihiko Shoge, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Shimano Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62M 6/45 (2010.01); B62M 6/55 (2010.01); B62M 9/122 (2010.01); B62M 9/132 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62M 6/45 (2013.01); B62M 6/55 (2013.01); B62M 9/132 (2013.01); B62M 9/122 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bicycle drive apparatus includes a bicycle transmission, a drive assistance electric motor and a microcomputer. The microcomputer includes an output control section that controls an output of the drive assistance electric motor, and that issues a motor output increasing command to increase the output of the drive assistance electric motor upon receiving a shift command for shifting the transmission.