Tire pressure gauge with lighting means

• US 6,557,407 B1
• Filed: 12/20/2001
• Issued: 05/06/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tien-Tsai Huang
• Original Assignee: Tien-Tsai Huang
• Inventors: Huang, Tien-Tsai
• Primary Examiner(s): Williams, Hezron
• Assistant Examiner(s): ELLINGTON, ALANDRA
• Application Number:
  US10/022,197
• Time in Patent Office: 502 Days
• Field of Search: 731/468, 731/46, 731/462, 731/463, 731/464, 340/58, 340/442, 116/34.R, 116/266-275, 116/290
• US Class Current: 73/146.8
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 11/28 Structurally-combined illuminating devices
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 17/00 Devices or apparatus for measuring tyre pressure or the pressure in other inflated bodies
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 19/16 Dials; Mounting of dials

Abstract

A tire pressure gauge with a light device. The device includes a cylindrical casing, a light penetrable scale mounted in the casing, a spring device mounted in the casing for biasing the scale in the casing, a piston movable in the casing, and a battery and lamp assembly which may be detachably fastened to one end of the scale outside the casing or provided inside the casing. The device further includes an air nozzle fixedly fastened to one end of the casing and adapted for being, engaged with the air valve of a vehicle tire to guide air from the vehicle tire into the casing to move the piston, causing the piston to force the scale out of the casing to an extent indicative of the pressure of the vehicle tire.

Claims

1. A tire pressure gauge comprising:

a casing, comprising a first end hole, a second end hole, and a receiving chamber in communication between said first end hole and said second end hole;

a light penetrable scale mounted in the receiving chamber of said casing and moved in and out of the first end hole of said casing, said light penetrable scale having a first end moved in and out of the first end hole of said casing, a second end, and an elongated scale body connected between said first end and said second end;

a battery and lamp assembly fastened to the first end of said light penetrable scale outside said casing;

a compression spring mounted in the receiving chamber of said casing and accommodating said light penetrable scale;

a piston moved in the receiving chamber of said casing between the first end hole and second end hole and fastened to one end of said compression spring and stopped at the second end of said light penetrable scale; and

an air nozzle fixedly fastened to the second end hole of said casing and adapted for being engaged with an air valve of a vehicle tire for guiding air pressure from a vehicle tire into said casing so as to move said piston and to force said light penetrable scale out of the first end hole of said casing.

2. The tire pressure gauge as claimed in claim 1, wherein said battery and lamp assembly uses a light emitting diode to emit light.

3. The tire pressure gauge as claimed in claim 1, wherein said battery and lamp assembly is detachably fastened to the first end of said light penetrable scale by a screw joint.

4. The tire pressure gauge as claimed in claim 1, wherein said light penetrable scale is made from material that can emit light.

5. A tire pressure gauge comprising:

a casing, comprising a first end hole, a second end hole, and a receiving chamber in communication between said first end hole and said second end hole;

a light penetrable scale mounted in the receiving chamber of said casing and moved in and out of the first end hole of said casing, said light penetrable scale having a first end moved in and out of the first end hole of said casing, a second end, and an elongated scale body connected between said first end and said second end;

a compression spring mounted in the receiving chamber of said casing and accommodating said light penetrable scale;

a battery and lamp assembly supported on the second end of said light penetrable scale in the receiving chamber of said casing;

a touch control switch connected to said battery and lamp assembly and adapted for switching on/off said battery and lamp assembly;

a piston moved in the receiving chamber of said casing between the first end hole and second end hole and stopped at said touch control switch; and

an air nozzle fixedly fastened to the second end hole of said casing and adapted for being engaged with an air valve of a vehicle tire for guiding air from a vehicle tire into said casing to move said piston against said compression spring and to force said piston to switch on said touch control switch and to force said light penetrable scale out of the first end hole of said casing.

6. The tire pressure gauge as claimed in claim 5, wherein said battery and lamp assembly uses a light emitting diode to emit light.

7. The tire pressure gauge as claimed in claim 5, wherein said light penetrable scale is made from material can emit light.

8. A tire pressure gauge comprising:

a casing, comprising a first end hole, a second end hole, and a receiving chamber in communication between said first end hole and said second end hole;

a light penetrable scale mounted in the receiving chamber of said casing and moved in and out of the first end hole of said casing, said light penetrable scale having a first end moved in and out of the first end hole of said casing, a second end, and an elongated scale body connected between said first end and said second end;

a battery and lamp assembly fastened to the first end of said light penetrable scale outside said casing;

a tensile spring mounted in the receiving chamber of said casing;

a piston moved in the receiving chamber of said casing between the first end hole and second end hole and connected to one end of said tensile spring and stopped at the second end of said light penetrable scale; and

an air nozzle fixedly fastened to the second end hole of said casing and adapted for being engaged with an air valve of a vehicle tire for guiding air from a vehicle tire into said casing to move said piston and to force said light penetrable scale out of the first end hole of said casing.

9. The tire pressure gauge as claimed in claim 8 further comprising a plurality of steel balls supported on a spring device in the second end of said light penetrable scale and disposed in contact with the wall of the receiving chamber of said casing.

10. The tire pressure gauge as claimed in claim 8, wherein said battery and lamp assembly uses a light emitting diode to emit light.

11. The tire pressure gauge as claimed in claim 8, wherein said battery and lamp assembly is detachably fastened to the first end of said light penetrable scale by a screw joint.

12. The tire pressure gauge as claimed in claim 8, wherein said light penetrable scale is made from material that can emit light.

13. A tire pressure gauge comprising:

a casing, comprising a first end hole, a second end hole, and a receiving chamber in communication between said first end hole and said second end hole;

a light penetrable scale mounted in the receiving chamber of said casing and moved in and out of the first end hole of said casing, said light penetrable scale having a first end moved in and out of the first end hole of said casing, a second end, and an elongated scale body connected between said first end and said second end;

a battery and lamp assembly supported on the second end of said light penetrable scale in the receiving chamber of said casing;

a touch control switch connected to said battery and lamp assembly and adapted for switching on/off said battery and lamp assembly;

a tensile spring mounted in the receiving chamber of said casing;

a piston moved in the receiving chamber of said casing between the first end hole and second end hole of said connected to one end of said tensile spring and stopped at said touch control switch; and

an air nozzle fixedly fastened to the second end hole of said casing and adapted for fastening to an air valve of a vehicle tire for guiding air from a vehicle tire into said casing to move said piston to force said light penetrable scale out of the first end hole of said casing.

14. The tire pressure gauge as claimed in claim 13 wherein said battery and lamp assembly uses a light emitting diode to emit light.

15. The tire pressure gauge as claimed in claim 13 further comprising a plurality of steel balls supported on spring means in the second end of said light penetrable scale and disposed in contact with the wall of the receiving chamber of said casing.

16. The tire pressure gauge as claimed in claim 13, wherein said light penetrable scale is made from material that can emit light.