Power supply system, electrically assisted system, and electric gear shift system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9517702-B2
Application number	US-201514720137-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 22, 2015
Priority date	Jun 9, 2014
Publication date	Dec 13, 2016
Grant date	Dec 13, 2016

Abstract

A power supply system is basically provided for supplying electric power to an electric component of a bicycle. The power supply system includes a first battery, a second battery, an operating unit and a power supply controller. The power supply controller is configured to transition an operating state by electric power of the second battery and supply electric power from the first battery to the electric component when the operating unit is operated in a stopped state.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power supply system for supplying electric power to an electric component of a bicycle, the power supply system comprising:
a first battery;
a second battery;
an operating unit; and
a power supply controller configured to transition an operating state by electric power of the second battery and supply electric power from the first battery to the electric component when the operating unit is operated in a stopped state.

2. The power supply system as recited in claim 1 , wherein
the power supply controller is configured to maintain the operating state by the electric power of the first battery after supplying the electric power from the first battery to the electric component with the electric power from the second battery.

3. The power supply system as recited in claim 1 , wherein
the second battery is a rechargeable battery, and
the power supply system further comprises a second battery controller configured to charge the second battery with the electric power from the first battery when the electric power is supplied from the first battery to the electric component.

4. The power supply system as recited in claim 3 , wherein
the second battery controller is configured to stop the charging of the second battery when a battery level of the second battery becomes greater than or equal to a prescribed battery level.

5. The power supply system as recited in claim 1 , wherein
the operating unit comprises
an operating switch, and
an operation controller configured to supply electric power from the second battery to the power supply controller and output an activation signal to the power supply controller when the operating switch is being operated.

6. The power supply system as recited in claim 5 , wherein
the power supply controller is configured to supply the electric power from the first battery to the electric component when the activation signal has been received.

7. The power supply system as recited in claim 5 , wherein
the operating unit and the power supply controller both comprise a power line communication unit that conducts power line communication.

8. The power supply system as recited in claim 1 , further comprising
a battery case housing the first battery, the power supply controller being disposed outside of the battery case.

9. The power supply system as recited in claim 8 , further comprising
a first battery controller disposed inside of the battery case, the power supply controller being configured to communicate with the first battery controller and cause the first battery controller to supply the electric power from the first battery to the electric component.

10. The power supply system as recited in claim 1 , wherein
the power supply controller is configured to stop supplying the electric power from the first battery to the electric component and transition to the stopped state when the operating unit is controlled when in the operating state.

11. The power supply system as recited in claim 1 , further comprising
an operation case housing at least a part of the operating unit and the second battery.

12. The power supply system as recited in claim 11 , wherein
the operation case comprises an attaching portion that configured to be attached to a handlebar of the bicycle.

13. An electrically assisted system including the power supply system as recited in claim 1 , and further comprising:
a motor that assists the manual drive force as the electric component.

14. An electric gear shift system including the power supply system as recited in claim 1 , and further comprising:
an electric transmission as the electric component.

Assignees

• Shimano Kk

Inventors

• Gao Jun

Classifications

• Y02T10/7283

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• Y02T10/645

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• B60L11/1861 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B60L15/2045

  for optimising the use of energy · CPC title

• Y02T10/72

  Electric energy management in electromobility · CPC title