US 12,359,699 B2
Drive arrangement for a bicycle
Jakob Lauhoff, Tübingen (DE); Kevin Holder, Meckenbeuren (DE); Oliver Löchte, Wangen (DE); Janik Pagel, Lindau (DE); and Finn Neumann, Ravensburg (DE)
Assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen (DE)
Filed by ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen (DE)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/918,652.
Claims priority of application No. 102023210289.7 (DE), filed on Oct. 19, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0129826 A1, Apr. 24, 2025
Int. Cl. F16D 41/30 (2006.01); B62J 45/41 (2020.01); B62M 1/36 (2013.01); B62M 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16D 41/30 (2013.01) [B62J 45/41 (2020.02); B62M 1/36 (2013.01); B62M 11/02 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drive arrangement for a bicycle, comprising:
a pawl freewheel (14), the pawl freewheel (14) comprising:
a first ring (30);
at least two pawls (34) movably mounted on the first ring (30), the at least two pawls (34) being unevenly spaced in a circumferential direction on the first ring (30); and
a second ring (32) having a toothing (36);
at least one sensor device (28) configured to detect a deformation of the first ring (30) of the pawl freewheel (14) due to an applied drive force; and
wherein the at least one sensor device (28) is configured to detect the deformation of the first ring (30) in a region defined between the at least two pawls (34) in the circumferential direction.