TIRE SENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME

• US 20180154708A1
• Filed: 02/06/2017
• Published: 06/07/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Infac Elecs Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Infac Elecs Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: YANG, TAE HOON, HWANG, JIN KYU, CHO, SUNG MIN, LIM, SANG HOON
• Application Number:
  US15/425,511
• Publication Number:
  US 20180154708A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0452 Antenna structure, control or arrangement vehicle tyre mounted antennas H01Q1/2241
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0493 for attachment on the tyre
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 17/02 Tyres

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a tire sensor which includes a printed circuit board including an antenna matching circuit unit for matching a frequency corresponding to an antenna frequency, and a detection unit for detecting tire information, an antenna coupled to one side of the printed circuit board so as to transmit or receive the information detected by the detection unit to or from the outside, a battery coupled to the other side of the printed circuit board so as to supply electric power to the printed circuit board, and a sensor cover configured to accommodate the printed circuit board, the antenna, and the battery therein, one surface of the sensor cover being fixedly bonded into a tire.

Claims

1. A tire sensor comprising:

a printed circuit board comprising an antenna matching circuit unit for matching a frequency corresponding to an antenna frequency, and a detection unit for detecting tire information;

an antenna coupled to one side of the printed circuit board so as to transmit or receive the information detected by the detection unit to or from the outside;

a battery coupled to the other side of the printed circuit board so as to supply electric power to the printed circuit board; and

a sensor cover configured to accommodate the printed circuit board, the antenna, and the battery therein, one surface of the sensor cover being fixedly bonded into a tire.

2. The tire sensor according to claim 1, comprises an RF module of LF communication system in order to transmit the tire information to a vehicle ECU.

3. The tire sensor according to claim 1, comprises an RF module of Bluetooth communication system in order to transmit the tire information to a mobile terminal.

4. The tire sensor according to claim 1, wherein the printed circuit board further comprises a fixing protrusion protruding outward, the fixing protrusion being fixed to the sensor cover.

5. The tire sensor according to claim 1, wherein the antenna has a sensing hole formed at a position corresponding to the detection unit.

6. The tire sensor according to claim 1, wherein the sensor cover comprises a cover body portion accommodating the printed circuit board, the antenna, and the battery therein, and a stepped portion protruding from one side of the cover body portion while being stepped relative to the cover body portion.

7. The tire sensor according to claim 6, wherein the stepped portion further has an antenna hole for transmitting information from the antenna to the outside.

8. The tire sensor according to claim 6, further comprising a holder configured to accommodate the cover body portion therein, one surface of the holder being fixedly bonded into the tire.

9. The tire sensor according to claim 8, wherein the holder comprises a holder body portion accommodating the cover body portion therein, and a flange portion extending from one side of the holder body portion so as to have a larger diameter than the holder body portion.

10. A method of manufacturing a tire sensor, comprising:

preparing a printed circuit board having at least one fixing protrusion protruding outward from an edge thereof;

assembling an antenna to one side of the printed circuit board;

assembling a battery to the other side of the printed circuit board; and

forming a sensor cover by injection molding of synthetic resin outside the antenna, the printed circuit board, and the battery.

11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising cutting the fixing protrusion protruding outward from the sensor cover after the forming a sensor cover.