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DEVICE FOR MONITORING A VEHICLE WHEEL

  • US 20120235809A1
  • Filed: 12/10/2010
  • Published: 09/20/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for monitoring a vehicle wheel, configured for detecting and transmitting, by a wireless connection, information relating to at least one characteristic quantity of the status of the wheel, such as the inflating pressure of a tyre thereof, the device having a casing housing a circuit adapted to transmit said information, the casing being designed for coupling to an end portion of body made of electrically conductive material of a tyre valve of the wheel, wherein, in an installed condition of the valve and of the device, the end portion of the electrically conductive body of the valve extends at least partly within a tyre mounting channel and the casing of the device is secured to said end portion, characterized in that the casing includes a casing body integrating interconnection means prearranged to obtain both an electric connection of the circuit to the end portion of the electrically conductive body of the valve and a mechanical coupling of the casing to the end portion of the electrically conductive body of the valve.

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