BICYCLE SYSTEM - PRODUCT DEV TECHNOLOGIES LLC

Title:

BICYCLE SYSTEM

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/205345

Kind Code:

A3

Abstract:

The field of the invention relates to bicycle systems, especially to bicycle systems adapted for use with smartphones, to smartphones configured for use with bicycle systems, and to methods and to computer software for use with such bicycle systems or smartphones, and to servers configured to communicate with such bicycle systems or smartphones. According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a bicycle system including a bicycle, the bicycle system including a processor integral to the bicycle, the bicycle system further including a battery integral to the bicycle, wherein the processor is powerable by the battery, the bicycle system including a smartphone holder configurable to receive a smartphone and to connect the smartphone to the processor, wherein in use the smartphone holder is attachable to, and detachable from, the smartphone. Advantages include that the smartphone can be charged by the battery, the smartphone can communicate with the processor so as to receive various information such as maintenance-related information of the bicycle system, the bicycle system can investigate the smartphone identity to check for unauthorized use of the bicycle system, the smartphone is held during bicycle system travel which reduces the risk of damage to the smartphone, and the bicycle system shape is more aerodynamic than that of a bicycle to which a processor and/or a battery has merely been bolted-on.

Inventors:

HINES GEORGE (US)
FRAGASSI STEVEN (US)
CAVADA GILBERTO (US)
O'CONNOR TOM (US)
PAGE RICHARD (US)
KULKARNI SHARWARI (US)
GUFFEY GEORGE J (US)
CAPELLARO WILL (US)
CARRIER MICHAEL (US)
CARLSON DAVID (US)
DAUS CORRY (US)
KUNVICHET LEE (US)
LINGLE STEPHEN (US)
LAST ANDREW (GB)
DMITRIYEV STANISLAV (UA)
AMMONS REGINALD K S (US)

Application Number:

PCT/US2014/043405

Publication Date:

March 05, 2015

Filing Date:

June 20, 2014

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

PRODUCT DEV TECHNOLOGIES LLC (US)

International Classes:

B62H5/00; A23L27/10; B62J3/00; H04L29/00

Domestic Patent References:

WO2010092356A1

2010-08-19

Foreign References:

US20120252530A1	2012-10-04
US20130150028A1	2013-06-13
US20100198453A1	2010-08-05

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