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Patent No.:

US 9027681 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 03, 2010

Hybrid sensor-enabled electric wheel and associated systems, multi-hub wheel spoking systems, and methods of manufacturing and installing wheel spokes

Applicants:

Assaf Biderman, Boston, MA (US);

Carlo Ratti, Turin, IT;

Christine Louise Outram, West Hollywood, CA (US);

Inventors:

Assaf Biderman, Boston, MA (US);

Carlo Ratti, Turin, IT;

Christine Louise Outram, West Hollywood, CA (US);

Assignee:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);

Attorney:

GTC Law Group LLP & Affiliates

Primary Examiner:

J Allen Shriver, II

Assistant Examiner:

James M Dolak

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B62D 61/02 (2006.01); B60B 1/00 (2006.01); B60B 1/02 (2006.01); B60B 1/04 (2006.01); B60B 7/04 (2006.01); B60B 7/06 (2006.01); B60B 27/00 (2006.01); B60B 27/02 (2006.01); B60K 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 7/18 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B62M 6/50 (2010.01); B62M 6/65 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60B 1/003 (2013.01); B60B 1/0276 (2013.01); B60B 1/041 (2013.01); B60B 1/042 (2013.01); B60B 7/04 (2013.01); B60B 7/061 (2013.01); B60B 27/0068 (2013.01); B60B 27/023 (2013.01); B60K 7/0007 (2013.01); B60L 7/18 (2013.01); B60L 11/1801 (2013.01); B60L 15/2045 (2013.01); B60L 2200/12 (2013.01); B60L 2220/44 (2013.01); B60L 2270/40 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/12 (2013.01); B62M 6/50 (2013.01); B62M 6/65 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7283 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of hybrid sensor-enabled and autonomous electric wheels can include a plurality of systems and devices integrated into a single compact hub unit that can be retrofitted into numerous types of two-wheeled bicycles. In one embodiment, an electrically motorized bicycle wheel can include a wheel rim, a wheel hub having an electric motor, a battery pack and a control unit configured to control a drive torque of the electric motor, and a plurality of wheel spokes connecting the wheel rim to the wheel hub. The electric motor, the battery pack and the control unit can be positioned within the wheel hub of the electrically motorized bicycle wheel.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Biderman, Assaf. (2015). Hybrid sensor-enabled electric wheel and associated systems, multi-hub wheel spoking systems, and methods of manufacturing and installing wheel spokes (U.S. Patent No. 9027681). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9027681

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