ELECTRIC BICYCLE Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering, road vehicles set into motion by muscular force of rider or using power source. SUBSTANCE: electric bicycle has frame, driven wheel, driving wheel, muscular chain drive and electric drive for driving wheel consisting of reversible electric machine whose rotor is mechanically coupled with driving wheel by chain. Power source is made in form of twin layer capacitor with dielectric of carbonized paper forming closed electric circuit of regenerating braking system. EFFECT: enlarged operating capabilities. 7 cl, 2 dwg