US 11,993,346 B2
Battery unit and bicycle frame
Philipp Klein, Koblenz (DE); Christian Parmenter, Koblenz (DE); Vincenz Thoma, Obermaiselstein (DE); and Patrick Schmidt, Koblenz (DE)
Assigned to Canyon Bicycles GmbH, Koblenz (DE)
Filed by Canyon Bicycles GmbH, Koblenz (DE)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/410,464.
Claims priority of application No. 20 2020 104 966.6 (DE), filed on Aug. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0063759 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B62M 6/90 (2010.01); B62K 19/40 (2006.01); B62M 6/40 (2010.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01)
CPC B62M 6/90 (2013.01) [B62K 19/40 (2013.01); B62M 6/40 (2013.01); H01M 10/425 (2013.01); H01M 2010/4271 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery unit for a bicycle having an electric motor comprising:
a battery case having an upper side, a lower side and two sidewalls, where the battery case is designed to receive a plurality of energy cells such that the plurality of energy cells may be arranged in the battery case; and
a battery management system electrically connected to the energy cells,
wherein the battery management system is arranged on one of the two sidewalls,
wherein a plug contact is part of the battery management system such that the plug contact is oriented to face towards a side of a down tube of a bicycle frame such that a plug can be inserted into the plug contact in a direction that is perpendicular to the side of the down tube, and
wherein the plug contact is arranged laterally for electrical connection to the electric motor.