Electric cycle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9815520-B2
Application number	US-201615359770-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 23, 2016
Priority date	Apr 17, 2015
Publication date	Nov 14, 2017
Grant date	Nov 14, 2017

Abstract

A kit for an electric cycle includes a powertrain module including a case, a battery disposed in the case, an electric motor in communication with the battery and disposed in the case, and a connecting port on the case. The kit includes a first module including a frame member configured to releasably engage the connecting port and a wheel rotatably connected to the frame member, a second module including a frame member configured to releasably engage the connecting port, and a releasable locking feature on the connecting port.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A powertrain module for an electric cycle comprising:
a case having a first side and a second side opposite the first side;
a battery disposed in the case;
an electric motor connected to the battery and disposed in the case;
a first connecting port on the first side and a second connecting port on the second side;
a releasable locking feature on each of the connecting ports; and
a set of pedals disposed through the case.

2. The powertrain module of claim 1 , further comprising a seat supported on the case.

3. The powertrain module of claim 1 , wherein the first side includes a third connecting port.

4. The powertrain module of claim 3 , wherein the first and third connecting ports are spaced from each other along a vertical axis.

5. The powertrain module of claim 4 , wherein the first side includes a fourth connecting port, with the first, third, and fourth connecting ports spaced from each other along the vertical axis.

6. The powertrain module of claim 1 , wherein each of the releasable locking features is configured to releasably engage a frame member.

7. The powertrain module of claim 1 , wherein the pedals are rotatably connected to the electric motor.

8. The powertrain module of claim 1 , further comprising a transmission having a first end connected to the electric motor.

9. The powertrain module of claim 8 , wherein the transmission has a second end connected to a wheel.

10. A powertrain module for an electric cycle comprising:
a case having a first side;
a first connecting port on the first side and a second connecting port on the first side;
a releasable locking feature on each of the connecting ports; and
a set of pedals disposed through the case;
wherein the first connecting port and the second connecting port face a common direction and are spaced from each other along a vertical axis.

11. The powertrain module of claim 10 , further comprising a seat supported on the case.

12. The powertrain module of claim 10 , wherein the powertrain module includes a third connecting port facing in the common direction, with the first, second, and third connecting ports spaced from each other along the vertical axis.

13. The powertrain module of claim 10 , wherein the case includes a second side opposite the first side and a third connecting port disposed on the second side.

14. The powertrain module of claim 10 , further comprising an electric motor disposed in the case.

15. The powertrain module of claim 14 , further comprising a transmission having a first end connected to the electric motor.

16. The powertrain module of claim 15 , wherein the transmission includes a second end connected to a wheel.

17. The powertrain module of claim 14 , wherein the pedals are rotatably connected to the electric motor.

18. The powertrain module of claim 10 , wherein each of the releasable locking features is configured to releasably engage a frame member.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Figueroa Benjamin Dueñas
• Dominguez Victorio Luis Alfonso
• Martinez Rivera Haydee Guadalupe
• Cruz Ramirez Raciel
• Jáuregui Ortiz Ramón
• Saavedra Roman José Guillermo
• Quintanar Meléndez Ana Laura
• Menchaca Gonzalez Daniel Amaury
• Martinez Colin José De Jesús

Classifications

• B62K1/00

  Unicycles · CPC title

• B62K13/02

  to a tandem · CPC title

• B60Y2200/13

  Bicycles; Tricycles · CPC title

• B62K13/025

  from two or more cycles · CPC title

• B62M6/90

  Batteries · CPC title