Valve stem assembly for clamping a tire pressure detector

• US 7,870,866 B2
• Filed: 03/10/2008
• Issued: 01/18/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Orange Electronic Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Orange Electronic Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Yu, Hung-Chih
• Primary Examiner(s): RIVELL, JOHN A
• Application Number:
  US12/045,083
• Publication Number:
  US 20090223570A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,044 Days
• Field of Search: 137/223, 137/227, 137/269, 137/270, 731/46, 731/462, 731/463, 731/464, 731/465, 731/468, 340/442
• US Class Current: 137/227
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 29/02 Connection to rims
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/3584 Inflatable article [e.g., tire filling chuck and/or stem]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/3662 With gauge or indicator

Abstract

A valve stem assembly for clamping tire pressure detector has a valve stem and a fastener. The valve stem has an outer section and an inner section. The inner section has a distal end, an outlet hole, a sidewall and a side fixing hole. The distal end has a domical surface. The outlet hole is centrally formed through the domical surface. The side fixing hole is formed in the inner section, is oblique to the outlet hole and communicates with the outlet hole inside the inner section. The fastener corresponds to the outlet hole and the side fixing hole and is selectively and detachably and selectively screwed into the outlet hole or the side fixing hole to hold a tire pressure detector on the valve stem assembly.

Claims

1. A valve stem assembly comprising:

a valve stem being tubular and having

an outer section; and

an inner section being integrally and coaxially formed on the outer section and having

a distal end having a domical surface;

an outlet hole being centrally formed through the domical surface, being longitudinally formed through the inner section and having a threaded inner surface;

a sidewall; and

a side fixing hole being formed in the inner section, being oblique to the outlet hole, communicating with the outlet hole inside the inner section and having a threaded inner surface; and

a fastener corresponding to the outlet hole and the side fixing hole and being detachably and selectively screwed with the threaded inner surface of one of the outlet hole and the side fixing hole.

2. The valve stem assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the inner section further has at least one clamping surface being tangentially formed on the sidewall of the inner section and being flat.

3. The valve stem assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fastener further has an air passage being coaxially formed through the fastener.

4. The valve stem assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein the fastener further has an air passage being coaxially formed through the fastener.

5. The valve stem assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the side fixing hole is formed in the domical surface of the inner section.

6. The valve stem assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein the side fixing hole is formed in the domical surface of the inner section.

7. The valve stem assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the side fixing hole is formed in the sidewall of the inner section.

8. The valve stem assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein the side fixing hole is formed in the domical surface of the inner section.