US 12,409,904 B2
Electronic control lock in combination with kickstand of a bicycle
Chia-Wei Weng, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to SINOX CO., LTD, New Taipei (TW)
Filed by SINOX CO., LTD, New Taipei (TW)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/874,430.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/229,123, filed on Aug. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 111115080 (TW), filed on Apr. 20, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0040948 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B62H 5/00 (2006.01); E05B 71/00 (2006.01)
CPC B62H 5/005 (2013.01) [E05B 71/00 (2013.01)] 1 Claim
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic control lock in combination with a kickstand of a bicycle, the combination comprising:
an electronic controller; and
a kickstand lock including
the kickstand being rotatable and having a flip-down state and a kicked-up state; and
a stand control device being in signal connection with the electronic controller, controlled by the electronic controller, and having a stand locking state and a stand unlocking state, wherein the stand control device includes
a stand engaging element;
a stand resilient element tending to force the stand engaging element to engage with the kickstand, so as to stop the kickstand from rotating; and
a stand operating element being in signal connection with the electronic controller, controlled by the electronic controller, and including a stand rotating device and a stand rotating seat, wherein
the stand rotating device is in signal connection with the electronic controller, is controlled by the electronic controller, and selectively rotates the stand rotating seat; and
at least one stand protrusion and at least one stand recess are formed on the stand rotating seat and are arranged annularly;
wherein in the stand locking state, the stand rotating device rotates the stand rotating seat to locate the at least one stand protrusion, such that when the kickstand is rotated out of the flip-down state, the stand engaging element directly abuts against the at least one stand protrusion, thereby stopping the kickstand from being further rotated to the kicked-up state; and
wherein in the stand unlocking state, the stand rotating device rotates the stand rotating seat to make the at least one stand recess correspond in position to the stand engaging element, so as to allow the stand engaging element to move toward the at least one stand recess and to disengage from the kickstand, and thereby allowing the kickstand to rotate from the flip-down state to the kicked-up state.