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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2015
Applicant:
Shimano Inc., Sakai, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Jun Gao, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Shimano Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62M 9/122 (2010.01); B62M 6/45 (2010.01); F16H 61/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62M 9/122 (2013.01); B62M 6/45 (2013.01); F16H 61/702 (2013.01); F16H 2306/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gear changing control apparatus is provided for controlling a plurality of operation modes of a drive unit of an electric transmission that assists a manual drive force of a bicycle. The control apparatus includes a controller. The controller selects a gear changing range that can be used according to a selected operation mode from a plurality of operation modes. The controller controls the electric transmission within the gear changing range that is selected.