US 12,337,932 B2
Motorized component and control system of human-powered vehicle
Yuki Sakagawa, Sakai (JP); Toyoto Shirai, Sakai (JP); Satoshi Shahana, Sakai (JP); Hitoshi Takayama, Sakai (JP); and Noor Ashyikkin Binti Mohd Noor, Sakai (JP)
Assigned to SHIMANO INC., Sakai (JP)
Filed by SHIMANO INC., Sakai (JP)
Filed on Nov. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/993,885.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 130 990.5 (DE), filed on Nov. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0159135 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. B62M 25/08 (2006.01); B62J 43/30 (2020.01); B62M 6/40 (2010.01)
CPC B62M 25/08 (2013.01) [B62J 43/30 (2020.02); B62M 6/40 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motorized component of a human-powered vehicle, the motorized component comprising:
an electric actuator provided on the motorized component;
controller circuitry provided on the motorized component and configured to control the electric actuator;
at least one of the electric actuator and the controller circuitry being configured to be electrically connected via an electric cable to a remotely located power source configured to supply electricity to an assist drive unit configured to assist pedaling, the motorized component being other than a rear derailleur; and
wireless communicator circuitry provided on the motorized component and electrically connected to the controller circuitry, the wireless communicator circuitry being configured to receive a first control signal from other wireless communicator circuitry of an other electric device different from the motorized component, wherein
the wireless communicator circuitry wirelessly transmits a second control signal from the wireless communicator circuitry provided on the motorized component to an additional wireless communicator provided on an additional motorized component that is different from the motorized component and the other electric device, the additional motorized component including an additional electric actuator provided on the additional motorized component to control the additional electric actuator, the second control signal being based on a receipt of the first control signal,
the motorized component further comprises:
a first member;
a second member configured to be movable relative to the first member, and
a positioning structure configured to adjustably position the first member and the second member relative to each other,
the second member includes a light emitting unit configured to emit light, and
the electric actuator is configured to move the second member to change a direction in which the light emitting unit of the second member faces.