Embodiments of hybrid sensor-enabled and autonomous electric wheels can include a plurality of systems and devices integrated into a single compact hub unit that can be retrofitted into numerous types of two-wheeled bicycles. In one embodiment, an electrically motorized bicycle wheel can include a wheel rim, a wheel hub having an electric motor, a battery pack and a control unit configured to control a drive torque of the electric motor, and a plurality of wheel spokes connecting the wheel rim to the wheel hub. The electric motor, the battery pack and the control unit can be positioned within the wheel hub of the electrically motorized bicycle wheel.


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    Title :

    HYBRID SENSOR-ENABLED ELECTRIC WHEEL AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS, MULTI-HUB WHEEL SPOKING SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING AND INSTALLING WHEEL SPOKES


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    Publication date :

    2016-12-08


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B62M RIDER PROPULSION OF WHEELED VEHICLES OR SLEDGES , Antrieb von Radfahrzeugen oder Schlitten durch den Fahrer / H04B TRANSMISSION , Übertragung / H04L TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION , Übertragung digitaler Information, z.B. Telegrafieverkehr




    WHEEL SPOKING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING AND INSTALLING WHEEL SPOKES

    BIDERMAN ASSAF / RATTI CARLO / OUTRAM CHRISTINE LOUISE | European Patent Office | 2015

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