Device for transmission of measurement values

• US 4,174,515 A
• Filed: 11/11/1977
• Issued: 11/13/1979
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: VDO Adolf Schindling AG (Vodafone Group PLC)
• Original Assignee: VDO Adolf Schindling AG (Vodafone Group PLC)
• Inventors: Marzolf, Rene
• Primary Examiner(s): Waring, Alvin H.
• Application Number:
  US05/850,708
• Time in Patent Office: 732 Days
• Field of Search: 340/58, 200/61.22, 200/61.25, 343/6.5 R, 343/6.5 SS, 343/6.8 R, 73/146.5
• US Class Current: 340/447
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0428 using passive wheel mounted resonance circuits
• CPC Class Codes: G01K 13/04 for measuring temperature of moving solid bodies
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 17/00 Devices or apparatus for measuring tyre pressure or the pressure in other inflated bodies
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 19/086 for remote indication

Abstract

A device for transmission at least of one measurement value from a moveable object to an object stationary relative to the latter, particularly from a motor vehicle wheel to the vehicle frame of a motor vehicle, with a transmission stage and a receiving stage, which both are secured on the stationary object, and a coupling element which is secured on the moveable object and via which the receiver is able to be applied with a measuring value signal; characterized in the manner that a transmission stage transmits two transmission signals of different frequencies. At least one coupling element mixes the two frequencies and a receiving stage is responsive to at least one signal with a mixing frequency, which signal is transmitted by the coupling element.

Claims

1. A device for transmission at least of one measurement value from a moveable object to a object stationary relative to the latter, particularly from a motor vehicle wheel to the vehicle frame of a motor vehicle, with a transmitting stage and a receiving stage, which both are secured on the stationary object and a coupling element which is secured on the moveable object and via which the receiver is able to be applied with a measuring value signal, comprising

a transmitting stage means for transmitting two transmission frequency signals of different frequencies,

at least one coupling element means for mixing the two different frequencies and for transmitting at least one signal with a mixing frequency,

a receiving stage means for being responsive to the at least one signal with a mixing frequency transmitted from said coupling element means,

said coupling element means comprises at least one oscillating circuit containing a construction element with a non-linear-current voltage characteristic curve,

said coupling element means contains two parallel oscillating circuits including said at least one oscillating circuit, one of said parallel oscillating circuits lies at a frequency within a frequency range which is predetermined by the transmission frequencies, and the other of said circuits is tuned to the mixing frequency, and

said construction element with a non-linear current-voltage characteristic curve connects both of said two parallel oscillating circuits with each other.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein

said transmitting stage means comprises two transmitting antennas, one of said antennas emits a signal with a first frequency f₁ and the other antenna emits a signal with a second frequency f₂.

3. The device, as set forth in claim 1, wherein

said transmitting stage means includes one transmitting antenna means, said one transmitting antenna means for transmitting a signal comprising a linear addition of said two transmission frequency signals.

4. The device as set forth in claim 2, wherein

each of said transmitting antennas constitutes an oscillating circuit with a ferrite cored coil.

5. The device as set forth in claim 3, wherein

said one transmitting antenna means constitutes an oscillating circuit with a ferrite cored coil.

6. The device as set forth in claim 4, wherein

each ferrite cored coil has a rod-shaped ferrite core.

7. The device as set forth in claim 5, wherein

each ferrite cored coil has a rod-shaped ferrite core.

8. The device as set forth in claim 1, wherein

one of said oscillating circuits is tuned to the frequency 0.5 (f₁ +f₂) and the other of said oscillating circuits is tuned to a frequency (f₂ -f₁), whereby f₁ and f₂ are the frequencies of said two transmission frequency signals.

9. The device as set forth in claim 1, wherein

each of said oscillating circuits includes a coil with a rod-shaped ferrite core, and both of said ferrite cores are arranged separated from one another.

10. The device as set forth in claim 1, further comprising

one of said oscillating circuits includes a first coil,

the other of said oscillating circuits includes a second coil,

a common ferrite core on which said first coil of said one of said oscillating circuits is completely mounted and on which a part of said second coil of said other oscillating circuit is mounted,

an adjustable ferrite body on which the other part of said second coil of said other oscillating circuit is mounted.

11. The device as set forth in claim 1, wherein

each of said oscillating circuits include a coil,

a ferrite core on which both said coils of said oscillating circuits, respectively, are completely disposed spaced from one another, and

one of said oscillating circuits constitutes an output oscillating circuit,

at least one adjustable capacitor disposed in said output oscillating circuit.

12. The device as set forth in claim 1, wherein

said non-linear construction element constitutes a diode.

13. The device as set forth in claim 1, wherein

said non-linear construction element constitutes a transistor with a short-circuited collector junction.

18. The device as set forth in claim 1, wherein

said coupling element means contains a reversible non-linear construction element.

19. The device as set forth in claim 1, further comprising

an oscillator and a frequency divider means connected to the output of said oscillator for production of said two transmission frequency signals of different frequencies in said transmitting stage means.

20. The device as set forth in claim 19, wherein

said oscillator constitutes a quartz oscillator.

14. A device for transmission at least of one measurement value from a moveable object to a object stationary relative to the latter, particularly from a motor vehicle wheel to the vehicle frame of a motor vehicle, with a transmitting stage and a receiving stage, which both are secured on the stationary object and a coupling element which is secured on the moveable object and via which the receiver is able to be applied with a measuring value signal, comprising

a transmitting stage means for transmitting two transmission frequency signals of different frequencies,

at least one coupling element means for mixing the two different frequencies and for transmitting at least one signal with a mixing frequency,

a receiving stage means for being responsive to the at least one signal with a mixing frequency transmitted from said coupling element means,

said at least one coupling element means comprises two coupling elements having a phase displacement of 180 angular degrees from one another, said two coupling elements are adapted to be secured on the moveable object,

comparison means for comparing the phase of said two coupling elements with a reference phase, said comparison means is disposed in said receiving stage means.

15. The device as set forth in claim 14, wherein

said two coupling elements include differently poled diodes, respectively.

16. The device as set forth in claim 14, wherein

said two coupling elements each have the same construction and are arranged spacially offset with respect to one another by 180 angular degrees.

17. The device as set forth in claim 14, wherein further in combination

a rotating object constitutes the moveable object,

said two coupling elements are fixed on said rotating object diametrically with respect to one another and with equal spacing from the axis of rotation of said rotating object.