Systems and methods for automatic configuration and automatic calibration of continuously variable transmissions and bicycles having continuously variable transmissions

US10023266B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Fallbrook Intellectual Property Company LLC · US

Inventors

• Wayne Leroy Contello · Austin, US
• Brian Benjamin Sweet · Leander, US
• Richard Hilgart · Bad Nauheim, DE
• Jeffrey A. Birchak · San Diego, US
• Kevin Alan Gust · Austin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 2, 2016
• Grant date: Jul 17, 2018
• Expiry date: Jun 24, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L67/12
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A continuously variable transmission on a bicycle may be automatically configured with little or no assistance from a user. Optical scanning devices, RFIDs, and other information capturing technology can communicate with a controller. The controller may then perform a portion or all of a configuration process. In operation, a controller may determine that calibration is needed. A calibration process may be initiated and performed with little or no user interaction. A calibration process may account for a load, a power source, or an environment.