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Bicycle luminaire

US5128840A · kind A · utility

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4Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 6, 1990
Grant dateJul 7, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 6, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02K7/1846
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A bicycle luminaire has first permanent magnets on spokes of a bicycle wheel, and a detection unit fixed to a stationary portion of the bicycle. The detection unit has a second permanent magnet, a Wiegand wire and a sensing coil. In place of the first magnets, Wiegand wires can be disposed on the spokes, and the detection unit can be formed with two magnets and sensing coil.

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