US 12,403,970 B2
Device for adjusting a seat position of a bicycle seat
David Watson, North Vancouver (CA); and Saman Namvar, West Vancouver (CA)
Assigned to David Watson, North Vancouver (CA)
Appl. No. 17/923,201
Filed by David Watson, North Vancouver (CA)
PCT Filed May 4, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CA2021/050623
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 3, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/223022, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/019,626, filed on May 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0192208 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. B62J 1/08 (2006.01); B62J 43/28 (2020.01); B62J 45/20 (2020.01); B62J 45/415 (2020.01); B62J 45/423 (2020.01); G01C 9/06 (2006.01)
CPC B62J 1/08 (2013.01) [B62J 45/20 (2020.02); B62J 45/415 (2020.02); B62J 45/423 (2020.02); G01C 9/06 (2013.01); B62J 2001/085 (2013.01); B62J 43/28 (2020.02)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for adjusting a tilt of a bicycle seat, comprising:
a seat post coupling for coupling to a bicycle seat post;
a seat coupling for coupling to a bicycle seat;
a seat tilt driver for rotating the seat coupling relative to the seat post coupling;
one or more first sensors for determining an angle of the seat coupling relative to the seat post coupling;
one or more second sensors for determining an angle of the seat post coupling relative to a reference position; and
one or more processors configured to execute computer program code stored on a computer-readable medium to perform a seat tilt adjustment operation comprising:
determining from the one or more first sensors the angle of the seat coupling relative to the seat post coupling;
determining from the one or more second sensors the angle of the seat post coupling relative to the reference position; and
adjusting, based on the determined angle of the seat coupling relative to the seat post coupling, and based on the determined angle of the seat post coupling relative to the reference position, the tilt of the bicycle seat by actuating the seat tilt driver,
wherein the one or more first sensors comprise one or more magnetic flux sensors fixed relative to one of the seat coupling and the seat post coupling.