A vehicle operable by motor and/or by muscle power, in particular an electric bicycle, including a crank drive, an electric drive, a power supply, a chain, a gearshift having at least one first gearwheel and one second gearwheel and a chain transfer assistance unit, which assists a transfer of the chain from the first gearwheel to the second gearwheel during a gear change, and a control unit, to control the electric drive, the chain transfer assistance unit being situated on one of the gearwheels, and the control unit being configured to drive the electric drive during a gear change to move the chain so that the chain transfer assistance unit is moved into a gear change position, in which a gear change is assisted by the chain transfer assistance unit.
VEHICLE OPERABLE BY MOTOR AND BY MUSCLE POWER HAVING GEAR-CHANGE ASSISTANCE
2016-08-11
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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