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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2012
Udo Getta, Berlin, DE;
Ullrich Noack, Berlin, DE;
Karl-heinz Fleischmann, Marienwerder, DE;
Abstract
A drive device for an electric bicycle, contains a drive housing in which a hollow shaft is mounted, which is connected to a chain wheel of a chain transmission of an electric bicycle, a pedal crank shaft which is arranged coaxially with respect to the hollow shaft and is connected at both ends to pedal cranks, a first clutch which is shifted depending on the rotation direction and which is arranged between the hollow shaft and the pedal crank shaft, and an electric motor whose output is connected to the hollow shaft via a second clutch which is shifted depending on the rotation direction. The hollow shaft can be coupled to the pedal crank shaft in both rotation directions of the pedal crank shaft.