US 11,667,351 B2
Systems and methods for automatic configuration and automatic calibration of continuously variable transmissions and bicycles having continuously variable transmission
Wayne Leroy Contello, Austin, TX (US); Brian Benjamin Sweet, Leander, TX (US); Richard Hilgart, Bad Nauheim (DE); Jeffrey A. Birchak, San Diego, CA (US); and Kevin Alan Gust, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to Fallbrook Intellectual Property Company LLC, Leander, TX (US)
Filed by Fallbrook Intellectual Property Company LLC, Leander, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/129,564.
Application 17/129,564 is a division of application No. 16/034,659, filed on Jul. 13, 2018, granted, now 10,875,603.
Application 16/034,659 is a continuation of application No. 15/172,031, filed on Jun. 2, 2016, granted, now 10,023,266, issued on Jul. 17, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/344,325, filed on Jun. 1, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/334,947, filed on May 11, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0206454 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. F16H 61/66 (2006.01); B62M 25/08 (2006.01); B62M 6/45 (2010.01); B62M 9/04 (2006.01); B62M 9/06 (2006.01); B62M 9/10 (2006.01); F16H 61/664 (2006.01); F16H 15/28 (2006.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01)
CPC B62M 25/08 (2013.01) [B62M 6/45 (2013.01); B62M 9/04 (2013.01); B62M 9/06 (2013.01); B62M 9/10 (2013.01); F16H 61/66 (2013.01); F16H 15/28 (2013.01); F16H 61/664 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for automatically configuring a control system on a bicycle, comprising:
receiving, by a control system, one or more first packets of information containing a set of operating parameters for a ball-planetary continuously variable transmission (CVT), the set of operating parameters for the CVT being based on component data associated with components on the bicycle;
receiving, by the control system, one or more second packets of information comprising a set of operating parameters for a rider preference; and
operating the CVT and/or an electric motor cooperating with the CVT according to configuration parameters based on the one or more first packets of information and the one or more second packets of information, the configuration parameters defining how the CVT and/or electric motor responds to input parameters from bicycle sensors on the bicycle during a ride.