Tire pressure monitor

• US 7,565,832 B2
• Filed: 01/09/2006
• Issued: 07/28/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Teng-Wen Huang
• Original Assignee: Teng-Wen Huang
• Inventors: Huang, Teng-Wen
• Primary Examiner(s): Lefkowitz; Edward
• Assistant Examiner(s): JENKINS, JERMAINE L
• Application Number:
  US11/328,913
• Publication Number:
  US 20070044552A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,296 Days
• Field of Search: 73146-1468, 340442-447
• US Class Current: 73/146.8
• 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 23/0496 Valve stem attachments positioned outside of the tyre chamber

Abstract

A tire pressure detector includes an electrically conductive housing having a housing body and a protruding annular body; a cover having a sleeve portion connected to the protruding annular body, an airtight chamber defined by the cover and the housing for receiving a battery device, a PCB and a first electrically conductive resilient member, the housing body or the cover being disposed with an air intake mouth; and the PCB having a pressure and temperature detecting device. The air intake mouth guides air inside the tire to flow into the airtight chamber. The pressure and temperature detecting device detects the pressure and temperature of the air inside the tire and transmits data to the microprocessor for processing. The microprocessor controls the transmitter to transmit a signal. A receiver disposed near a driver'"'"'s seat receives and processes the signal and then displays the tire pressure and temperature value on a display.

Claims

1. A tire pressure monitor for mounting on the stem of a tire, comprising:

a one-piece electrically conductive housing body with a protruding annular body, the protruding annular body having an outer thread at the outer wall thereof, the housing body having a loading portion formed therein and an air intake mouth, the air intake mouth having a lateral separating seat therein, the lateral separating seat being defined with a central hole, a valve nozzle device having an center throughhole and extending upwardly through said central hole of said separating seat, the air intake mouth being for mounting to a tire valve stem;

a cover having a sleeve portion, the sleeve portion having an inner thread in the inner wall thereof for threadedly engaging with the outer thread of the protruding annular body, an internal space enveloped by the cover and the electrically conductive housing forming an airtight chamber for receiving the following parts;

a battery device disposed at the top surface of the loading portion of the electrically conductive housing, the battery device including a positive pole and a negative pole, and the negative pole of the battery device being in contact with the loading portion whereby the housing body has a negative polarity;

an insulating sleeve disposed between a periphery of the battery device and an inner wall of the housing body;

a PCB disposed at the top surface of the protruding annular body of the electrically conductive housing, the PCB including a positive pole and a negative pole, the negative pole of the PCB contacting with the protruding annular body and then connecting with the negative pole of the battery device through the loading portion and the protruding annular body of the electrically conductive housing, and, the PCB having a pressure and temperature detecting device, a microprocessor, a transmitter; and

a first electrically conductive resilient member disposed between the PCB and the battery device, and the positive pole of the battery device connecting with the positive pole of the PCB through the first electrically conductive resilient member.

2. The tire pressure monitor of claim 1, wherein the valve nozzle device includes a valve nozzle and a resilient gasket covering the periphery of the valve nozzle, the top portion of the valve nozzle projecting in the central hole of the lateral separating seat.

3. The tire pressure monitor of claim 1, wherein the pressure and temperature detecting device includes a pressure and temperature sensor, a microprocessor connected to the pressure and temperature sensor, and a transmitter connected to the microprocessor.

4. The tire pressure monitor of claim 3, wherein the first electrically conductive resilient member is a metal coil spring, and the pressure and temperature sensor projects from the PCB to the first electrically conductive resilient member.

5. The tire pressure monitor of claim 1, wherein an insulating object is disposed between the periphery of the battery device and the inner wall of the protruding annular body.

6. The tire pressure monitor of claim 5, wherein the insulating object includes an insulating sleeve.

7. The tire pressure monitor of claim 1, wherein an electrically conductive spacer is disposed between the loading portion and the battery device.

8. The tire pressure monitor of claim 7, wherein the spacer includes a second electrically conductive resilient member.

9. A tire pressure monitor for detecting tire pressure, comprising:

a one-piece electrically conductive housing body with a protruding annular body, the protruding annular body having an outer thread at the outer wall thereof, the housing body having a loading portion formed therein;

a cover having a sleeve portion, the sleeve portion having an inner thread in the inner wall thereof for threadedly engaging with the outer thread of the protruding annular body, an internal space enveloped by the cover and the electrically conductive housing forming an airtight chamber, the cover having an air intake mouth, the air intake mouth having a through hole in communication with the airtight chamber, the air intake mouth being connected with a tire valve stem through a guiding air tube, the airtight chamber receiving the following parts;

a battery device disposed at the top surface of the loading portion of the electrically conductive housing, the battery device including a positive pole and a negative pole, and the negative pole of the battery device being in contact with the loading portion;

a PCB disposed at the top surface of the protruding annular body of the electrically conductive housing, the PCB having a pressure and temperature detecting device, a microprocessor, a transmitter, and the PCB including a positive pole and a negative pole, the negative pole of the PCB contacting with the protruding annular body and then connecting with the negative pole of the battery device through the loading portion and the protruding annular body of the electrically conductive housing; and

a first electrically conductive resilient member disposed between the PCB and the battery device, with the positive pole of the battery device connecting with the positive pole of the PCB through the first electrically conductive resilient member.

10. The tire pressure monitor of claim 9, wherein the pressure and temperature detecting device includes a pressure and temperature sensor, a microprocessor connected to the pressure and temperature sensor, and a transmitter connected to the microprocessor.

11. The tire pressure monitor of claim 10, wherein the pressure and temperature sensor projects from the PCB to the cover.

12. The tire pressure monitor of claim 9, wherein an insulating object is disposed between the periphery of the battery device and the inner wall of the protruding annular body.

13. The tire pressure monitor of claim 12, wherein the insulating object includes an insulating sleeve.

14. The tire pressure monitor of claim 9, wherein the housing body of the electrically conductive housing is fixed at a rim of a tire.

15. The tire pressure monitor of claim 14, wherein the housing body is provided with at least one fixing hole, a fixing member fixes the housing body at a fixing plate through the fixing hole, and the fixing plate is fixed at the rim of the tire through a screw.

16. The tire pressure monitor of claim 9, wherein the cover is provided with an air inflation nozzle which has a channel in communication with the airtight chamber, and the channel has a check valve assembly.

17. The tire pressure monitor of claim 16, wherein the check valve assembly includes a valve body, an O-ring, a resilient member and a stopper tube which are received in the channel in sequence.

18. The tire pressure monitor of claim 9, wherein a three-way adapter is disposed in the air intake mouth, and the three-way adapter includes a first air intake entrance, a second air intake entrance and a switch entrance which are in communication with one another, and the switch entrance is threadedly engaged with the air intake mouth, an O-ring is disposed between the switch entrance and the air intake mouth, the first and second air intake entrances respectively connect valve stems of parallelly arranged first and second tires each through a guiding air tube.