Bicycle having electric drive with power distribution

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10843770-B2
Application number	US-201816616332-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 18, 2018
Priority date	May 23, 2017
Publication date	Nov 24, 2020
Grant date	Nov 24, 2020

Abstract

An electric drive for a bicycle includes an electric motor having a drive shaft, a driven shaft connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a driving gear for coupling to a wheel drive of the bicycle. The electric drive includes a transmission, which drivingly connects the drive shaft to the driven shaft. The transmission has a driven wheel, which is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the driven shaft in a rotational drive direction, and at least two output gears, the at least two output gears including a first output gear and a second output gear, which in each case engage with the driven gear offset to one another in the circumferential direction in order to drive the driven wheel; and wherein the transmission has a power distribution, which divides a drive power of the electric motor to the output gears.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electric drive for a bicycle, comprising:
an electric motor having a drive shaft;
a driven shaft connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a driving gear for coupling to a wheel drive of the bicycle;
a transmission, which drivingly connects the drive shaft to the driven shaft;
wherein the transmission has a driven wheel, which is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the driven shaft in a rotational drive direction, and at least two output gears, the at least two output gears including a first output gear and a second output gear, which in each case engage with the driven gear offset to one another in the circumferential direction in order to drive the driven wheel; and
wherein the transmission has a power distribution, which divides a drive power of the electric motor to the output gears.

2. The electric drive according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission has a planetary transmission, which is coupled to the drive shaft on an input side, and to the output gears on an output side via the power distribution.

3. The electric drive according to claim 2 , wherein a first axis of rotation, about which the first output gear rotates, and a second axis of rotation, about which the second output gear rotates, are arranged inside the transmission in a stationary manner.

4. The electric drive according to claim 2 , wherein a first axis of rotation, about which the first output gear rotates, and a second axis of rotation, about which the second output gear rotates, are arranged geometrically between an output axis, about which the driven shaft rotates, and an input axis, about which the drive shaft rotates.

5. The electric drive according to claim 1 , wherein:
the transmission has a planetary transmission, which has a sun gear, at least two planet gears, a planet carrier, and a ring gear;
the ring gear is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the first output gear.

6. The electric drive according to claim 5 , wherein the planet carrier is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to an intermediate gear, which engages with the second output gear.

7. The electric drive according to claim 6 , wherein:
the sun gear is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a sun shaft, which is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to an input wheel; and
the drive shaft is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a drive gear, which engages with the input gear.

8. The electric drive according to claim 7 , wherein the output gears are plastic gears.

9. The electric drive according to claim 1 , wherein the driven gear is connected to the driven shaft via a freewheel assembly, which transmits a torque from the driven gear to the driven shaft in the rotational drive direction, and which allows for a relative rotation between driven gear and driven shaft in a counter-rotational direction opposite to the rotational drive direction.

10. The electric drive according to claim 1 , wherein:
the driven shaft is a hollow shaft and is coaxially permeated by a pedal shaft; and
the pedal shaft is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the driven shaft in the rotational drive direction.

11. The electric drive according to claim 10 , wherein the pedal shaft is connected to the driven shaft via a freewheel assembly, which transmits a torque from the pedal shaft to the driven shaft in the rotational drive direction, and allows for a relative rotation between the pedal shaft and the driven shaft in a counter-rotational direction opposite to the rotational drive direction.

12. The electric drive according to claim 11 , wherein:
the drive shaft rotates about an input axis;
the driven shaft rotates about an output axis; and
the input axis extends parallel to the output axis and is arranged radially spaced apart therefrom.

13. The electric drive according to claim 1 , wherein the output gears are arranged geometrically between the drive shaft and the driven shaft.

14. A bicycle, comprising:
a pedal shaft;
a wheel drive for driving a driven wheel of the bicycle; and
an electric drive according to claim 1 .

15. The bicycle according to claim 14 , wherein the output gears are arranged on a side of the driven shaft facing away from a surface when the bicycle stands or moves on the surface.

16. The bicycle according to claim 15 , wherein, apart from the driven gear, the transmission is arranged above the driven shaft, when the bicycle stands or moves on the surface.

17. An electric drive for a bicycle, comprising:
an electric motor having a drive shaft;
a driven shaft connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a driving gear for coupling to a wheel drive of the bicycle; and
a transmission that connects the drive shaft to the driven shaft, the transmission having a driven wheel connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the driven shaft, and at least two output gears that include a first output gear and a second output gear, the first output gear and the second output gear each engaging with the driven gear and are offset to one another in the circumferential direction to drive the driven wheel, wherein the transmission has a power distribution that divides a drive power of the electric motor to the output gears, the transmission having a planetary transmission coupled to the drive shaft on an input side, and to the output gears on an output side via the power distribution.

18. The electric drive according to claim 17 , wherein a first axis of rotation, about which the first output gear rotates, and a second axis of rotation, about which the second output gear rotates, are arranged inside the transmission in a stationary manner.

19. The electric drive according to claim 17 , wherein a first axis of rotation, about which the first output gear rotates, and a second axis of rotation, about which the second output gear rotates, are arranged geometrically between an output axis, about which the driven shaft rotates, and an input axis, about which the drive shaft rotates.

20. The electric drive according to claim 17 , wherein the planetary transmission has a sun gear, at least two planet gears, a planet carrier, and a ring gear, and the ring gear is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the first output gear.

Assignees

• Mahle Int Gmbh

Inventors

• Doeppner Enrico
• Oploh Amir
• Stoll Sebastian
• Wirth Christian

Classifications

• B62M11/18 Primary

  with a plurality of planetary gear units · CPC title

• B62M6/55 Primary

  power-driven at crank shafts parts · CPC title

• B62M6/20 Primary

  power-driven at crank shaft parts · CPC title

• B62M11/02

  of unchangeable ratio · CPC title

• B62M11/04

  of changeable ratio · CPC title