Moulded part for connection to a rim well of a wheel and rim well which is connected to a moulded part

• US 7,661,311 B2
• Filed: 03/27/2004
• Issued: 02/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Huf Baolong Electronics Bretten GmbH (Huf Hulsbeck & Furst GmbH & Co. KG)
• Original Assignee: Borgwarner BERU Systems GmbH (BorgWarner Incorporated)
• Inventors: Houben, Hans, Allgaier, Martin, Von Watzdorf, Henning
• Primary Examiner(s): Rogers; David A.
• Application Number:
  US10/549,373
• Publication Number:
  US 20060177625A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,152 Days
• Field of Search: 731/46, 731/462, 731/463, 731/464, 731/465, 731/468, 734/31, 738/665, 340442-448, 301/5.21
• US Class Current: 73/431
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0408 transmitting the signals by non-mechanical means from the wheel or tyre to a vehicle body mounted receiver

Abstract

There is described a shaped object adapted for being connected with a rim at a point located inside the rim well (7), having a contact surface (2) intended to rest on the rim well. It is provided according to the invention that the contact surface (2) intersects each of a set of mutually parallel first planes (3) along a curved curve (5), which is not merely an arc of a circle and whose distance from a second plane (6), that subdivides the contact surface (2) and that extends perpendicularly to the first planes (3) increases with a decreasing growth rate, at least in average, at least on one side of the second plane (6).

Claims

1. A shaped object, in combination with a rim of a wheel, said shaped object located inside the rim'"'"'s well, having a contact surface intended to rest on the rim well, wherein the contact surface intersects each, of a set of mutually parallel first planes along a curved surface which is generally elliptical, said curved surface having a radius of curvature which has a curvature growth rate, wherein the growth rate decreases to a limit value as the distance of the curve from a second plane rises, and then remains constant as the distance continues to rise.

2. The shaped object as defined in claim 1, wherein the shaped object is attached to the rim well by a bonding agent between the contact surface and the rim well.

3. The shaped object as defined in claim 1, wherein it is a carrier or a holder for a housing.

4. The shaped object as defined in claim 1, wherein it is a housing.

5. The shaped object as defined in claim 4, wherein the housing contains a device for measuring the pressure and/or the temperature in a pneumatic tire which is mounted on the rim.

6. A rim with a shaped object as defined in claim 1, which has its contact surface connected with the rim at a point inside the rim well by a substance connection.

7. A rim as defined in claim 6, wherein the shaped object is bonded to the rim well.

8. A Shaped Object adapted for being connected with a rim at a point located inside the rim well, as according to claim 1, wherein the Shaped Object is attached to the rim well by a bonding agent between the contact surface and the rim well.

9. A Shaped Object as defined in claim 8, wherein said bonding agent is a durable bonding agent.