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Vehicle which is operable by a motor and by muscular energy and has an improved torque sensor

US9855991B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Karl Bendel · Schwieberdingen, DE
Peter Kimmich · Schenefeld, DE
Markus Hinterkausen · Heubach, DE
Marko Liebler · Bretten, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 13, 2014
Grant date	Jan 2, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 6, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01L5/225
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A vehicle which is operable by a motor and/or muscular energy, in particular an electric bicycle, which includes an electric motor, a crankshaft drive having a first crank, a second crank, and a crankshaft, a torque sensor for detecting a torque applied by a rider at the crankshaft drive, and a control unit, which is set up to actuate the electric motor based on at least the values acquired by the torque sensor to drive the vehicle, the torque sensor being situated at the crankshaft drive and the torque sensor including at least one surface acoustic wave sensor.

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