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Title:
FRONT WHEEL DRIVE ASSIST BICYCLE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2002012181
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a front wheel drive assist bicycle improving cornering performance and superior in convenience in use while having a driving part in a front wheel.

In this front wheel drive assist bicycle, a diameter of the front wheel is reduced more than a rear wheel for reducing inertia of the front wheel when arranging a motor-driven driving part in the front wheel, and manual driving force obtained by stepping on a pedal 7 rotates a crank 8, and the driving force is transmitted to a front sprocket 17 simultaneously with rotation of the crank 8. The rear wheel 6 is driven by a connecting belt, that is, a chain 9 connected to the front sprocket 17 and a rear sprocket. A motor internally stored in a disk-like casing 20 is driven by torque of the same size as the inputted manual driving force, and the front wheel 5 is rotated by driving force of the motor. Thus, the rear wheel 6 is driven by the manual driving force, and the front wheel 5 is driven by motor-driven driving force of the same size as the manual driving force.


Inventors:
TANAKA TATEAKI
KAZUHARA HISAHIRO
SAGARA HIROAKI
MATSUMOTO TOSHIHIRO
INUI MASATAKA
Application Number:
JP2000199998A
Publication Date:
January 15, 2002
Filing Date:
June 30, 2000
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
SANYO ELECTRIC CO
International Classes:
B62K3/00; B62J99/00; B62M6/45; B62M6/50; B62M6/65; B62M11/14; (IPC1-7): B62M23/02; B62J39/00; B62K3/00; B62M11/14
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takao Yamaguchi