Attachment on the wheel rim of components necessary for monitoring a tire

• US 4,934,856 A
• Filed: 06/02/1989
• Issued: 06/19/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/1988
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Compagnie Generale DES Etablissements Michelin SCA
• Original Assignee: Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
• Inventors: Pauc, Gilbert
• Primary Examiner(s): Kundrat, Andrew V.
• Application Number:
  US07/360,454
• Time in Patent Office: 382 Days
• Field of Search: 285/159, 16/2, 411/542, 403/194, 403/201, 403/24, 403/288
• US Class Current: 403/24
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/04 mounted on the wheel or tyre
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0498 for rim attachments B60C23/0494, B60C23/0496 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 21/186 external, i.e. with contracting action
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 2200/60 Coupler sealing means

Abstract

A support in which the electric elements for the monitoring of a tire are corporated is immobilized on a wheel rim by the use of a locking element which includes two sealing lips.

Claims

1. A unit for maintaining electric components on a wheel rim and providing a required seal between a tire enclosure and the outside, said unit being mounted on said wheel rim when said unit is in an assembled position, said unit comprising:

a support having a shaft and a head, the electric components being incorporated in said shaft, wherein said shaft, when said unit is in said assembled position, extends inside the tire enclosure with said head resting against the face of the wheel rim outside the tire enclosure, whereby said head comprises means for locking the support against movement in a direction of the axis of said support and in a direction toward the inside of the tire enclosure;

a locking element surrounding said shaft, said locking element being mounted on said shaft and comprising means for retaining said support against movement in a direction toward the outside of the tire enclosure; and

sealing means connected to said locking element and comprising means for sealing between the locking element and the shaft and between the locking element and the wheel rim.

2. Unit according to claim 1, wherein said sealing means comprises two lips, one of said lips being integral with an upper section of said locking element and resting on said shaft, the other of said lips being integral with a outside cylindrical face of said locking element and resting on said wheel rim.

3. Unit according to claim 2, wherein the head, shaft and locking element are all substantially rigid.

4. Unit according to claim 1, including means mounted on the upper end of said shaft for connecting said shaft and said locking element.

5. Unit according to claim 4, wherein said means for connecting said shaft and said locking element is a clip fitting in a groove of said shaft and pressing on said locking element.