US 11,834,129 B2
Smart self-locking magnetic bike pedal
Ravindran Meadows, Superior Township, MI (US)
Filed by Ravindran Meadows, Superior Township, MI (US)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/829,817.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/214,907, filed on Jun. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0411014 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B62M 3/08 (2006.01); A43B 5/14 (2006.01); A43B 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B62M 3/086 (2013.01) [A43B 1/0054 (2013.01); A43B 5/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pedal comprising:
a) a housing;
b) a magnet including a portion located within the housing and a portion extending outside of the housing;
c) a hall effect sensor connected to or located within the housing and configured to measure movement, rate of movement, or both of the pedal; and
d) a printed circuit board is located within the pedal and the printed circuit board is in communication with the hall effect sensor so that the hall effect sensor provides the measurement of the movement, the rate of the movement, or both and an amount of force generated by the magnet is varied based upon the hall effect sensor.