Patent ID: 11958568
Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B  F

Claim 0:
1. A motor unit for a bicycle component, comprising:
a torque limiter including a first member and a second member, the first member and the second member being movable relative to each other in a state where a torque applied to the torque limiter is equal to or higher than a torque threshold, the first member and the second member being movable together with each other in a state where the torque is lower than the torque threshold;
a transmitting structure having a transmitting-structure rotational axis, the transmitting structure including:
a first race;
a second race;
a first intermediate element at least partially provided between the first race and the second race; and
a second intermediate element at least partially provided between the first race and the second race;

the first intermediate element being configured to move toward the first race in response to the first intermediate element pushed by the second race in a first circumferential direction with respect to the transmitting-structure rotational axis;
the first intermediate element being configured to move toward the first race in response to the first intermediate element pushed by the second race in a second circumferential direction different from the first circumferential direction;
the first intermediate element being configured to move away from the first race in response to the first intermediate element pushed by the second intermediate element in the first circumferential direction; and
the first intermediate element being configured to move away from the first race in response to the first intermediate element pushed by the second intermediate element in the second circumferential direction different from the first circumferential direction.