Tire pressure gauge with displacement limiting members

• US 7,562,566 B2
• Filed: 07/12/2007
• Issued: 07/21/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mobiletron Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Mobiletron Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Liao, Ming-Kuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Caputo; Lisa M
• Assistant Examiner(s): JENKINS, JERMAINE L
• Application Number:
  US11/826,078
• Publication Number:
  US 20080257028A1
• Time in Patent Office: 740 Days
• Field of Search: 73146-1468
• US Class Current: 73/146
• 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

A tire pressure gauge includes a housing, a tire pressure detection unit, an air valve, and at least two limit members. The housing has a lateral side and a chamber. The tire pressure detection unit is mounted in the chamber. The air valve is mounted to the housing, extending out of the chamber from the lateral side of the housing. The at least two limit members are mounted to the lateral side of the housing and located bilaterally at the air valve, each having an end surface to which the air valve is perpendicular. Accordingly, when the tire passes through the rough roadbed to be violently shocked or impacted, the tire pressure gauge of the present invention remains in original position because of positioning efficacy of the two limit members.

Claims

1. A tire pressure gauge comprising:

a housing having a lateral side and a chamber therein;

a tire pressure detection unit mounted in said chamber;

an air valve mounted to said housing and extending outward from said lateral side of said housing; and

at least two limit members mounted to said lateral side of said housing and located bilaterally of said air valve,

wherein each of said limit members comprises a base part and a limit cover, said base parts being mounted to said front side of said housing, said limit covers being mounted to said respective base part, said limit covers each having an end surface to which said air valve is axially perpendicular.

2. The gauge as defined in claim 1, wherein each of said limit members has an end surface parallel to said lateral side of said housing.

3. The gauge as defined in claim 1, wherein each of said limit members has a crossed section.

4. The gauge as defined in claim 1, wherein each of said limit members has a length between 15 mm and 2.5 mm.