Appeal 2007-1827
Application 10/001,324
THE INVENTION
The Appellant claims an apparatus and method wherein a transmission
control unit is used in shifting a bicycle transmission. Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. An apparatus for controlling a first bicycle
transmission and a second bicycle transmission which, in
combination, sets a speed stage of the bicycle, comprising:
a transmission position communication path for
communicating information indicating the operational
position of the first transmission and the second
transmission;
a transmission command communication path for
communicating information for controlling the operation of
the first transmission and the second transmission;
a shift command communication path for
communicating electronic shift commands to select a speed
stage of the bicycle;
a transmission control unit operatively coupled to the
shift command communication path, to the transmission
position communication path and to the transmission
command communication path for receiving the shift
commands and the information indicating the operational
position of the first transmission and the second
transmission and for generating the information for
controlling the operation of the first transmission and the
second transmission;
wherein, when the transmission control unit receives
at least one shift command requesting a shift through N
speed stages to a requested destination speed stage, where N
2
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