Patent ID: 8257220
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: B62M,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A pedal driven vehicle including: a human input device ( a load wheel set ( a reversible transmission mechanism ( wherein when a wheel of said wheel set is subject to an external force that acts in a direction opposite the direction of the one-way output, the clutch device is released to prevent locking of the transmission mechanism, wherein when the bidirectional input is in a first rotary direction, power to the output is transmitted by a first one-way transmission set that rotates in said first rotary direction, and when the bidirectional input is in a second rotary direction, power to the output is transmitted by a second one-way transmission set that converts said rotation in said second direction into an output rotation in said first direction, and wherein said clutch devices disengages said first and second one-way transmission sets from said one-way output.