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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Thomas Robert George Thompson, Brentwood, GB;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/00 (2016.01); B62M 3/08 (2006.01); A63B 24/00 (2006.01); B62K 11/00 (2006.01); G01L 1/00 (2006.01); G01P 3/00 (2006.01); G01P 15/00 (2006.01); B62M 6/45 (2010.01); B62M 6/65 (2010.01); B62M 6/90 (2010.01); B62K 15/00 (2006.01); B62M 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62M 3/08 (2013.01); A63B 24/0062 (2013.01); B62K 11/00 (2013.01); B62K 15/008 (2013.01); B62M 6/45 (2013.01); B62M 6/65 (2013.01); B62M 6/90 (2013.01); G01L 1/00 (2013.01); G01P 3/00 (2013.01); G01P 15/00 (2013.01); B62K 2015/003 (2013.01); B62M 3/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a computer in a bicycle, and the computer has a processor and a memory. The computer is programmed to determine user characteristics for a user of the bicycle, with the user characteristics including pedaling force and pedaling cadence; calculate a power contribution at least in part according to the user characteristics; select one or more operational parameters for a bicycle motor according to the power contribution; and apply the operational parameters to operation of the bicycle motor.