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Hybrid drive for an electric bicycle

US10773771B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Peter Kimmich · Schenefeld, DE
Mario Kustosch · Markgröningen, DE
Philipp Kohlrausch · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 19, 2017
Grant date	Sep 15, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 15, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60Y2200/12
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A bicycle includes an electrical auxiliary drive, including an electric motor, a battery for storing electrical energy, which battery is connected to the electric motor, a crank mechanism having pedal cranks, which are mounted on a pedal crankshaft disposed about a crank axis, so as to be able to rotate, and a planetary gear for driving the bicycle both by the electric motor and by the muscle power of a driver, the planetary gear and the electric motor being disposed about the pedal crankshaft of the crank mechanism.

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