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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2011
Applicant:
Mitsuru Tauchi, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Mitsuru Tauchi, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Shimano Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62M 25/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62M 25/08 (2013.01); Y10T 74/20037 (2015.01);
Abstract
A bicycle transmission control apparatus includes an inclination sensor and a controller. The controller outputs a shift signal to shift a bicycle transmission to a prescribed shift position based on an inclination detected by the inclination sensor while a bicycle equipped with the bicycle transmission is determined to be in a state corresponding to at least one of stopping to a rest state and beginning to move from the rest state.