Front wheel-induced motorcycle mileage counter inductor

• US 20040239312A1
• Filed: 05/27/2003
• Published: 12/02/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kuo-Hsin Su, Paul Fei-Ta Chen, Paul Huang
• Original Assignee: Kuo-Hsin Su, Paul Fei-Ta Chen, Paul Huang
• Inventors: Su, Kuo-Hsin, Huang, Paul, Chen, Paul Fei-Ta
• Application Number:
  US10/444,992
• Publication Number:
  US 20040239312A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 324/171
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 22/002 for cycles
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 5/145 influenced by the relative movement between the Hall device and magnetic fields see G01R33/06

Abstract

A front wheel-induced motorcycle mileage counter inductor is constructed to include a magnetic device mounted in the outer end of the center shaft of the front wheel hub of the motorcycle, and a sensor formed of a Hall probe and mounted in a cover shell affixed to the front fork of the motorcycle around the outer end of the center shaft and electrically connected to the mileage counter of the motorcycle through a signal line and adapted to detect the amount of rotation of the magnetic device upon movement of the motorcycle and to output a signal indicative of the amount of rotation of the magnetic device to the mileage counter.

Claims

1. A front wheel-induced motorcycle mileage counter inductor installed in the tubular center shaft of the wheel hub of the front wheel and the front fork of a motorcycle and adapted to detect the amount of rotation of the front wheel of the motorcycle, comprising:

an annular magnetic device mounted in an outer end of the tubular center shaft of the hub of the front wheel of the motorcycle, said annular magnetic device comprising a plurality of magnets equiangularly abutted against one another and alternatively arranged in reversed directions;

a cover shell affixed to the front fork of the motorcycle around the outer end of the tubular center shaft of the hub of the front wheel of the motorcycle, said cover shell having a side duct; and

a sensor mounted in said side duct of said cover shell and aimed at said annular magnetic device at one side and adapted to detect the amount of rotation of said annular magnetic device during movement of the motorcycle and to output a signal indicative of the amount of rotation of said annular magnetic device to the mileage counter of the motorcycle, said sensor comprising a signal line connected to the mileage counter of the motorcycle.

2. The front wheel-induced motorcycle mileage counter inductor as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a C-shaped retainer ring mounted in an inside annular groove inside the tubular center shaft of the hub of the front wheel of the motorcycle to secure said annular magnetic device in position.

3. The front wheel-induced motorcycle mileage counter inductor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said sensor is comprised of a Hall probe covered with a layer of film.

4. The front wheel-induced motorcycle mileage counter inductor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said side duct of said cover shell has an inside flat face;

said Hall probe has a flat face abutted against the inside flat face of said side duct.

5. The front wheel-induced motorcycle mileage counter inductor as claimed in claim 4, wherein said Hall probe has a locating groove in the flat face thereof;

said cover shell comprises a mounting hole in said side duct, and a fastening element mounted in said mounting hole and engaged with the locating groove of said Hall probe to hold down said Hall probe inside said side duct of said cover shell.

8. The front wheel-induced motorcycle mileage counter inductor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said sensor is a proximity switch.

6. A front wheel-induced motorcycle mileage counter inductor installed in the tubular center shaft of the wheel hub of the front wheel and the front fork of a motorcycle and adapted to detect the amount of rotation of the front wheel of the motorcycle, comprising:

an encoder wheel mounted in an outer end of the tubular center shaft of the hub of the front wheel of the motorcycle, said encoder wheel having a plurality of equiangularly spaced through holes;

a cover shell affixed to the front fork of the motorcycle around the outer end of the tubular center shaft of the hub of the front wheel of the motorcycle; and

a sensor mounted inside said cover shell and adapted to detect the amount of rotation of said encoder wheel during movement of the motorcycle and to output a signal indicative of the amount of rotation of said encoder wheel to the mileage counter of the motorcycle, said sensor comprising a signal line connected to the mileage counter of the motorcycle.

7. The front wheel-induced motorcycle mileage counter inductor as claimed in claim 6, further comprising a C-shaped retainer ring mounted in an inside annular groove inside the tubular center shaft of the hub of the front wheel of the motorcycle to secure said encoder wheel in position.