Vehicle wheel comprising a tire and an assembly consisting of a valve a device for measuring the tire pressure and a spring for holding said device in the tire

• US 7,017,403 B2
• Filed: 06/25/2002
• Issued: 03/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Huf Baolong Electronics Bretten GmbH (Huf Hulsbeck & Furst GmbH & Co. KG)
• Original Assignee: Beru Aktiengesellschaft (BorgWarner Incorporated)
• Inventors: Normann, Norbert, Kühnle, Andreas
• Primary Examiner(s): Lefkowitz, Edward
• Assistant Examiner(s): ALLEN, ANDRE J
• Application Number:
  US10/482,446
• Publication Number:
  US 20040206169A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,372 Days
• Field of Search: 731/462, 731/463, 152/152.1, 152/151, 152/516
• US Class Current: 73/146.2
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0408 transmitting the signals by non-mechanical means from the wheel or tyre to a vehicle body mounted receiver
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0494 Valve stem attachments positioned inside the tyre chamber

Abstract

An arrangement having a device for measuring the tire pressure in a pneumatic tire, wich device is enclosed in a casing which is located inside the pneumatic tire when the pneumatic tire has been mounted on a wheel and also having spring acting resiliently upon the casing and a holder for the spring, which is to be fixed to the wheel. According to the invention, the spring and the casing are so designed and adapted one to the other that the casing finds support on the holder and is clamped for this purpose between the spring and the holder.

Claims

1. An arrangement comprising:

a device for measuring the tire pressure in a pneumatic tire, which device is enclosed in a casing which is located inside the pneumatic tire when the pneumatic tire has been mounted on a wheel,

a spring acting resiliently upon the casing, and a holder for the spring, the holder to be fixed on the wheel, the arrangement being characterized in that the spring and the casing are so designed and adapted one to the other that the casing finds support on the holder and is clamped for this purpose between the spring and the holder.

2. The arrangement as defined in claim 1, characterized in that the wheel has a rim with a well and that the spring is so designed and arranged as to push or pull the casing additionally against the rim well.

3. The arrangement as defined in claim 1, characterized in that the casing is held positively as well as under the spring action between the holder and the spring.

4. The arrangement as defined in claim 1, characterized in that the casing is provided with a recess for receiving a portion of the holder.

5. The arrangement as defined in claim 1, characterized in that the holder has a convex end portion.

6. The arrangement as defined in claim 5, characterized in that the casing is provided with a concave recess matching the convex end portion of the holder.

7. The arrangement as defined in claim 5 in which the end portion of the holder is in the form of a calotte.

8. The arrangement as defined in claim 1, characterized in that the spring is a leaf spring.

9. The arrangement as defined in claim 1, characterized in that an annular groove is provided on the holder and the spring is provided with a fork which can be inserted into said groove.

10. The arrangement as defined in claim 1, characterized in that a screw is screwed into that end of the holder on which the casing is supported, that one end of the spring is provided with a fork or with a hole, and that said end of the spring is clamped between the head of the screw and the end of the holder.

11. The arrangement as defined in claim 1, characterized in that the spring comprises a stirrup which is received by the casing in receiving means centrally arranged in the casing.

12. The arrangement as defined in claim 11, characterized in that the casing is mirror-symmetrical relative to the central receiving means.

13. The arrangement as defined in claim 11 in which the receiving means is a shallow groove.

14. The arrangement as defined in claim 1, characterized in that the spring comprises two mutually parallel stirrups connected by a common connecting element for mounting at the holder, and that the casing is provided with two parallel receiving means for receiving the two stirrups.

15. The arrangement as defined in claim 14, characterized in that the receiving means are arranged in symmetry relative to the center plane of the casing, which center plane contains a longitudinal axis of the holder.

16. The arrangement as defined in claim 14 in which the receiving means are two shallow grooves.

17. The arrangement as defined in claim 1, characterized in that the underside of the casing is provided with two feet, which project from the underside and which are located on different sides of the center plane of the casing, which center plane contains a longitudinal axis of the holder.

18. The arrangement as defined in claim 1, characterized in that the holder is constituted by a valve with a valve base which is located inside the pneumatic tire when the valve has been mounted on a wheel.

19. The arrangement as defined in claim 1, characterized in that the casing is traversed by a flow channel (17) for air, with the valve opening into that channel.

20. The arrangement as defined in claim 1, characterized in that the wheel has a rim with a well and that the holder is fixed on the rim by means of a tightening strap which embraces the rim well.

21. The arrangement as defined in claim 20, characterized in that the holder has a first portion in contact with the rim well and a second portion projecting from the rim well, the casing being clamped against said second portion.

22. The arrangement as defined in claim 20, characterized in that a loop is formed on the holder through which the tightening strap is passed.

23. A wheel for motor vehicles with pneumatic tires comprising

a rim,

a well formed in the rim, the base of which is delimited by a sidewall extending at an angle relative to the axis of rotation of the rim,

a device for measuring the tire pressure in the pneumatic tyre, which device is located in a casing,

a spring, and a holder for the spring, said holder is to be mounted on the wheel, the spring acting upon the casing so that the casing finds support on the base of the rim well,

characterized in that the spring and the casing are so designed and adapted one to the other that the casing finds support on the holder and is clamped for this purpose between the spring and the holder.

24. The wheel as defined in claim 23, characterized in that the casing is supported by the holder and by the base of the rim well, only.

25. The wheel as defined in claim 24, characterized in that the casing is provided with two feet which find support on the base of the rim well.