Tire sensor unit

• US 20050068161A1
• Filed: 11/14/2002
• Published: 03/31/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Ichinose, Hidemi, Kono, Yasuhiro
• Application Number:
  US10/495,704
• Publication Number:
  US 20050068161A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/445
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0408 transmitting the signals by non-mechanical means from the wheel or tyre to a vehicle body mounted receiver
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/041 Means for supplying power to the signal- transmitting means on the wheel
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/00 Near-field transmission systems, e.g. inductive or capacitive transmission systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/73 for taking measurements, e.g. using sensing coils
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/77 for interrogation

Abstract

According to the present invention, there is provided a tire sensor unit which receives electric power from a car body in a non-contact manner. The tire sensor unit 10 (10a-10d) is mounted on a corresponding tire 2 (2a-2d) of a car, and electric power is radio-transmitted from a corresponding non-contact type power supply portion 40 (40a-40d) provided in the car body to the tire sensor unit 10 by electromagnetic induction or by microwaves. The tire sensor unit 10 is provided with a non-contact type power receiving portion which generates direct-current power by energy transmitted from the non-contact type power supply portion 40 so as to supply electric power necessary for activating the tire sensor unit 10. The tire sensor unit 10 senses air pressure or the like, and radio-transmits the information to the receiving device 20.

Claims

1. A tire sensor unit which is mounted on each tire of a car to radio-transmit information of a tire condition, comprising:

a non-contact type power receiving portion which generates direct-current power by energy transmitted from a non-contact type power supply portion provided in the car body,

wherein electric power necessary for activating the tire sensor unit is supplied from the non-contact type power receiving portion.

2. The tire sensor unit according to claim 1, wherein the radio-transmission of energy from the non-contact type power supply portion to the non-contact type power receiving portion is conducted by electromagnetic induction.

3. The tire sensor unit according to claim 1, wherein the radio-transmission of energy from the non-contact type power supply portion to the non-contact type power receiving portion is conducted by microwaves.

4. The tire sensor unit according to claim 1, wherein a pressure sensor for sensing tire pressure, a circuit portion for radio-transmitting information on the tire pressure, and the non-contact type power receiving portion are mounted on a sheet-like substrate.

5. The tire sensor unit according to claim 4, wherein the substrate is attached to the tire wheel with an adhesive which includes substantially no plasticizer and whose main component is silyl group terminal polymer.