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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jamel Seagraves, Mountain View, CA (US);
Chih-Wei Tang, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sudipto Aich, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Justin Carrus, Winchester, KY (US);
David Gomez, St. Augustine, FL (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62L 1/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B62J 6/06 (2006.01); B62M 6/65 (2010.01); H02J 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62L 1/00 (2013.01); B62J 6/06 (2013.01); B62M 6/65 (2013.01); H02J 7/0052 (2013.01); H02J 7/1407 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bicycle includes a frame, a charging circuit carried by the frame and configured to capture energy associated with movement of the bicycle, a power module carried by the frame, and a switch disposed electrically between the charging circuit and power module. The power module, in response to an indication that the bicycle is travelling downhill, closes the switch to enable energy transfer between the charging circuit and power module.