Provided is a shifting device for shifting of a bicycle gear, such as a hub gear, of a bicycle. The shifting device includes a main control unit and preferably a motor control unit. The device includes a shifting control unit for receiving shifting instructions from the main control unit or the motor control unit. The shifting control unit includes a processing unit and a memory, power receiving means, such as including an electrical connector, for receiving power from a battery of the main control unit and/or a drive motor battery of the bicycle, a shifting motor, such as an electric motor, such as a stepper motor for providing a shifting motion for driving a shifting assembly for actuating a gear actuator, the shifting assembly for transferring the shifting motion from the shifting motor to the gear actuator, and the gear actuator for transferring the shifting motion to the bicycle gear. The shifting control unit, by means of communication with and controlling by the main control unit of the bicycle, is configured as a subsystem of the bicycle. The shifting control unit shifts the bicycle gear at each time on the basis of shifting instructions from the main control unit or the motor control unit.
SHIFTING DEVICE AND BICYCLE
SCHALTVORRICHTUNG UND FAHRRAD
DISPOSITIF DE CHANGEMENT DE VITESSES ET BICYCLETTE
2023-03-01
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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