Housing fastener on snap-in valve

• US 8,327,700 B2
• Filed: 02/23/2009
• Issued: 12/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huf Baolong Electronics Bretten GmbH (Huf Hulsbeck & Furst GmbH & Co. KG)
• Original Assignee: Borgwarner BERU Systems GmbH (BorgWarner Incorporated)
• Inventors: Nagora, Andreas, Tadele, Sisay
• Primary Examiner(s): Caputo, Lisa
• Assistant Examiner(s): Jenkins, Jermaine
• Application Number:
  US12/865,183
• Publication Number:
  US 20100326180A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,387 Days
• Field of Search: None
• 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 23/0494 Valve stem attachments positioned inside the tyre chamber

Abstract

A device for measuring tire pressure in a pneumatic tire of a motor vehicle using a sensor on the rim well of a rim which accommodates a tire valve for the pneumatic tire and a receiver outside of the pneumatic tire being assigned to the sensor, wherein an electronics housing or signal housing assigned to the rim well is connected to the tire valve, said housing containing transmission electronics as the tire pressure sensor, and is connected to the tire valve by a fastening element substantially in the region of the valve base part.

Claims

1. A device for measuring tire pressure in a pneumatic tire of a motor vehicle, the device comprising:

a sensor disposed on a rim well of a rim, the rim accommodating a tire valve for the pneumatic tire;

a receiver outside of the pneumatic tire and assigned to the sensor;

an electronics or signal housing assigned to the rim well and connected to the tire valve; and

transmission electronics for the tire pressure sensor disposed in the housing and connected to the tire valve by a fastening element proximate a valve base, the valve base being adapted for fitting into an opening of the electronics or signal housing, wherein an angle alpha between the fastening element and the valve axis is between 30 and 150 degrees and the opening of the electronics housing or signal housing includes a receiving element having a rotation lock for receiving the valve base of the tire valve.

2. The device for measuring tire pressure in a pneumatic tire of a motor vehicle according to claim 1 wherein the receiving element having a rotation lock includes at least one key surface.

3. The device for measuring tire pressure in a pneumatic tire of a motor vehicle according to claim 1 wherein the receiving element having a rotation lock includes at least one guide groove and/or one guide tongue.

4. The device for measuring tire pressure in a pneumatic tire of a motor vehicle according to claim 1 wherein the valve base includes at least one key surface and/or at least one guide groove and/or one guide tongue.

5. The device for measuring tire pressure in a pneumatic tire of a motor vehicle according to claim 1 wherein the fastening element is designed as a pin or a clamp or a spring.

6. The device for measuring tire pressure in a pneumatic tire of a motor vehicle according to claim 1 wherein the fastening element is connected to the valve base using a form-fit or non-positive connection.

7. The device for measuring tire pressure in a pneumatic tire of a motor vehicle according to claim 1 wherein the air opening is situated substantially perpendicularly to the valve axis in the region of the valve base.