An electric bicycle includes a front wheel drivable by a front wheel electric motor that has a battery as a power supply; a rear wheel drivable by a rear wheel electric motor that has a battery as a power supply; pedal for inputting pedaling force of a driver to at least one of the front wheel or the rear wheel; at least one travel operator that inputs a desired travel state of the driver; a front wheel controller that controls a rotation of the front wheel electric motor in accordance with a situation of the front wheel and an input from the travel operator; and a rear wheel controller that controls a rotation of the rear wheel electric motor in accordance with a situation of the rear wheel and an input from the travel operator. Two electric motors, the front wheel electric motor and the rear wheel electric motor, are provided, at least one of the front wheel or the rear wheel is driven by the corresponding electric motor and a load of at least one of the front wheel electric motor or the rear wheel electric motor is reduced by the pedaling force of the driver.

The invention relates to a system for torque measurement, in particular at a drive of an e-bike, including at least one shaft which is rotatable about an axis, is magnetized in at least one axial partial section, and onto which a torque to be measured can be applied, at least one TMR sensor, which is situated outside the shaft and is designed for at least two-dimensionally, in particular three-dimensionally, measuring a magnetic field and which is arranged in relation to the at least one partial section in such a way that, when the shaft rotates about the axis, the at least one sensor measures a change of the magnetic field due to the magnetostrictive effect in the magnetized partial section when the torque acts on the shaft, and an evaluation unit, which is connected to the at least one TMR sensor and is designed for determining a torque acting on the shaft based on the measured values of the magnetic field.

The invention relates to a system for torque measurement, in particular at a drive of an e-bike, including at least one shaft which is rotatable about an axis, is magnetized in at least one axial partial section, and onto which a torque to be measured can be applied, at least one TMR sensor, which is situated outside the shaft and is designed for at least two-dimensionally, in particular three-dimensionally, measuring a magnetic field and which is arranged in relation to the at least one partial section in such a way that, when the shaft rotates about the axis, the at least one sensor measures a change of the magnetic field due to the magnetostrictive effect in the magnetized partial section when the torque acts on the shaft, and an evaluation unit, which is connected to the at least one TMR sensor and is designed for determining a torque acting on the shaft based on the measured values of the magnetic field.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, An electric bicycle theft detection system includes: a pedal; a pedal rotation speed detector configured to measure a rotation speed of the pedal; a driving wheel configured to rotate by receiving power; a motor configured to rotate the driving wheel; a driving wheel rotation speed detector configured to measure the rotation speed of the driving wheel; a control device configured to detect theft based on the rotation speed of the pedal, a torque of the motor, and the rotation speed of the driving wheel; and a user interface device configured to generate a warning signal when the control device detects the theft.

A torque detection arrangement for a vehicle driven by muscle power has an input shaft via which a torque for driving the vehicle can be transmitted. The torque is to be detected. At least one rotary member is mounted on the input shaft and is designed to transmit the torque. The input shaft and the rotary member are resiliently connected in the rotational direction via a torsion spring arrangement. A twisting angle detection arrangement is designed to detect a rotation of the rotary member relative to the input shaft. The input shaft is designed as a hollow shaft. A torsion spring of the torsion spring arrangement is arranged inside the hollow input shaft.

A torque detection arrangement for a vehicle driven by muscle power has an input shaft via which a torque for driving the vehicle can be transmitted. The torque is to be detected. At least one rotary member is mounted on the input shaft and is designed to transmit the torque. The input shaft and the rotary member are resiliently connected in the rotational direction via a torsion spring arrangement. A twisting angle detection arrangement is designed to detect a rotation of the rotary member relative to the input shaft. The input shaft is designed as a hollow shaft. A torsion spring of the torsion spring arrangement is arranged inside the hollow input shaft.

An electric vehicle assembly includes an electric vehicle and a processing device. The electric vehicle includes a wheel, and an electric motor configured to drive the wheel to rotate and to output a value of torque force applied on the wheel and a speed measurement of the electric vehicle. The processing device stores a vehicle weight, and receives a value of torque force and two speed measurements of the electric vehicle from the electric motor, obtains an acceleration based on the speed measurements, obtains a current user weight based on the value of torque force, the acceleration and the vehicle weight, and outputs a notification when the current user weight is lower than an initial user weight by a predetermined ratio.

An electric vehicle assembly includes an electric vehicle and a processing device. The electric vehicle includes a wheel, and an electric motor configured to drive the wheel to rotate and to output a value of torque force applied on the wheel and a speed measurement of the electric vehicle. The processing device stores a vehicle weight, and receives a value of torque force and two speed measurements of the electric vehicle from the electric motor, obtains an acceleration based on the speed measurements, obtains a current user weight based on the value of torque force, the acceleration and the vehicle weight, and outputs a notification when the current user weight is lower than an initial user weight by a predetermined ratio.

An electric power assist device (50) includes a first to a third pedal force estimating computation unit (152, 154, 156) that estimate the pedal force of the bicycle according to variances between values of a first to a third state quantity detected by the first to third pedal force estimating computation units at two mutually different crank angle positions, a motor drive control unit (164) configured to control a drive of an electric motor according to a selected one of the pedal forces estimated by the first, the second and the third state quantity detecting units, and a failure diagnosis unit (158) configured to diagnose failures of the first, the second and the third state quantity detecting units by evaluating the variances in the values of first, the second and the third state quantities.

An electric pedelec bottom bracket drive includes a drive unit, a drive controller, and an ambient temperature detector. The drive unit includes a drive unit housing, a drive motor arranged therein, and a housing temperature sensor which measures a housing temperature. The drive controller supplies electrical drive energy to the drive motor and includes a housing temperature control module which is connected to the housing temperature sensor and which controls an electrical drive energy to not exceed a housing limit temperature. The ambient temperature detector is arranged to detect an air temperature outside of the drive unit housing and is connected to the housing temperature control module. The housing temperature control module limits a maximum electrical drive energy as a function of the air temperature when the housing temperature measured by the housing temperature sensor is above a control intervention limit temperature which is below the housing limit temperature.