Tire pressure monitoring unit having a two-component housing

• US 10,000,099 B2
• Filed: 07/15/2015
• Issued: 06/19/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huf Baolong Electronics Bretten GmbH (Huf Hulsbeck & Furst GmbH & Co. KG)
• Original Assignee: Huf Hulsbeck & Furst GmbH & Co. KG
• Inventors: Gorenzweig, Igor, Monig, Stefan
• Primary Examiner(s): Allen, Andre
• Application Number:
  US15/503,557
• Publication Number:
  US 20170232807A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,070 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 45/0055 Shaping
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 45/1676 using a soft material and a rigid material, e.g. making articles with a sealing part
• CPC Class Codes: B29L 2031/32 Wheels, pinions, pulleys, castors or rollers , Rims inner tubes B29L2023/245; gears B29L2015/003; tyres B29L2030/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0493 for attachment on the tyre
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0494 Valve stem attachments positioned inside the tyre chamber

Abstract

The invention relates to a tire pressure monitoring unit for arranging within a motor vehicle tire for sensing the tire filling pressure, wherein the tire pressure monitoring unit has a housing, in which electronic parts and at least one pressure sensor are arranged, wherein the housing has an air inlet, by means of which the tire filling pressure is applied to the pressure sensor, wherein the housing is designed as a multi-component plastic injection-molded part, in particular a two-component plastic injection-molded part, wherein a first component forms a lower housing shell and an upper housing shell and wherein a second component forms a seal between the air inlet and the pressure sensor. The invention further relates to a method for producing a tire pressure monitoring unit.

Claims

1. A tire-pressure monitoring unit for arrangement within a motor vehicle tire for detecting the tire filling pressure, wherein the tire-pressure monitoring unit comprises a housing, in which electronic components and at least one pressure sensor are arranged, wherein the housing comprises an air inlet, via which the pressure sensor is applied with the tire filling pressure, wherein the housing is designed as a multi-component plastic injection-molded part, in particular as a two-component plastic injection-molded part, wherein a first component forms a lower hosing shell and an upper housing shell and wherein a second component forms a seal between the air inlet and the pressure sensor.

2. The tire-pressure monitoring unit according to claim 1, wherein the second component forms a seal of the housing.

3. The tire-pressure monitoring unit according to claim 1, wherein the second component forms supports and/or mounting regions for the electric components within the housing.

4. The tire-pressure monitoring unit according to claim 1, wherein the first component and/or second component forms positioning protrusions for the electronic components within the housing.

5. The tire-pressure monitoring unit according to claim 1, wherein the electronic components are inserted in the lower housing shell and/or the upper housing shell in a form-fit and/or force-fit manner.

6. The tire-pressure monitoring unit according to claim 1, wherein the electronic components, when assembling the housing, are pressed against elastic support regions on the housing counterpart in such a way that the electronic components are secured in the housing under pre-stress of the elastic support regions when the housing is mounted.

7. The tire-pressure monitoring unit according to claim 1, wherein one or multiple foam insert/s is/are arranged between the lower housing shell and the electronic components and/or between the upper housing shell and the electronic components.

8. The tire-pressure monitoring unit according to claim 1, wherein protrusions formed by the first or the second component are hot-stamped after insertion of the electronic components into the lower housing shell and/or upper housing shell, thereby securing the electronic components in the housing.

9. The tire-pressure monitoring unit according to claim 1, wherein the upper housing shell is latched with and/or screwed to corresponding receptacles on the lower housing shell.

10. The tire-pressure monitoring unit according to claim 1, wherein the upper housing shell is substance-bonded and/or glued to the lower housing shell, in particular laser-welded or ultrasonic-welded.

11. The tire-pressure monitoring unit according to claim 1, wherein a pressure-compensation membrane is formed within the housing by the second component.

12. A method for producing a tire-pressure monitoring unit for arrangement within a motor vehicle tire for detecting the tire filling pressure, which comprises a housing in which electronic components and at least one pressure sensor are arranged, in particular according to claim 1, wherein the housing is produced by multi-component plastic injection molding, in particular by two-component plastic injection molding, wherein a first component forms a lower housing shell and an upper housing shell and a second component forms a seal and/or support regions for the electronic components within the housing.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the second component is molded to the first component by injection-molding.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein protrusions formed by the first or the second component are hot-stamped after insertion of the electronic components into the lower housing shell and/or upper housing shell, thereby securing the electronic components within the housing.