Patent ID: 6767308
Filing Date: 2004-07-27
Classification: B62K,B62M,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of controlling a motor of a bicycle assembly, comprising:supplying current to said motor to move a bicycle component between a first position and a second position; monitoring current to said motor during movement of said bicycle component; stopping current to said motor to complete an operation of said bicycle component upon detection of an initial overcurrent to said motor due to said bicycle component reaching one of said first and second positions after being driven from the other of said first and second positions; measuring time between said supplying current to said motor and stopping current to said motor; determining a time period of energization; and energizing said motor for said time period to move said bicycle component between said first and second positions to complete a subsequent operation of said bicycle component after said detection of said initial overcurrent to said motor.