US 12,145,690 B2
Systems and methods for automatic configuration and automatic calibration of continuously variable transmissions and bicycles having continuously variable transmissions
Wayne Leroy Contello, Austin, TX (US); Brian Benjamin Sweet, Leander, TX (US); Richard Hilgart, Bad Nauheim (DE); Jeffrey A. Birchak, San Diego, CA (US); and Kevin Alan Gust, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to enviolo B.V., Amsterdam (NL)
Filed by enviolo B.V., Amsterdam (NL)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/206,561.
Application 17/129,564 is a division of application No. 16/034,659, filed on Jul. 13, 2018, granted, now 10,875,603, issued on Dec. 29, 2020.
Application 18/206,561 is a continuation of application No. 17/129,564, filed on Dec. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,667,351.
Application 16/034,659 is a continuation of application No. 15/172,031, filed on Jun. 2, 2016, granted, now 10,023,266.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/344,325, filed on Jun. 1, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/334,947, filed on May 11, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0149976 A1, May 9, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B62M 25/08 (2006.01); B62M 6/45 (2010.01); B62M 9/04 (2006.01); B62M 9/06 (2006.01); B62M 9/10 (2006.01); F16H 61/66 (2006.01); F16H 15/28 (2006.01); F16H 61/664 (2006.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01)
CPC B62M 25/08 (2013.01) [B62M 6/45 (2013.01); B62M 9/04 (2013.01); B62M 9/06 (2013.01); B62M 9/10 (2013.01); F16H 61/66 (2013.01); F16H 15/28 (2013.01); F16H 61/664 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for automatically configuring a control system on a bicycle, comprising:
receiving, by a control system, a first set of first operating parameters for a ball-planetary continuously variable transmission (CVT), the first set of first operating parameters for the CVT being based on component data associated with components on the bicycle;
receiving, by the control system, a second set of second operating parameters for a rider preference, the second set of second operating parameters being received from user inputs and/or from a stored user profile; and
configuring the CVT and/or an electric motor cooperating with the CVT to operate according to configuration parameters, the configuration parameters being based on the first set of first operating parameters and the second set of second operating parameters, the configuration parameters defining how the CVT and/or electric motor responds to input parameters from bicycle sensors on the bicycle during a ride.