Tire condition detecting device

• US 8,649,181 B2
• Filed: 08/20/2010
• Issued: 02/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
• Original Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
• Inventors: Yamaguchi, Shigeru
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Hoa C
• Assistant Examiner(s): DEPEW, KEITH A
• Application Number:
  US13/390,449
• Publication Number:
  US 20120188695A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,271 Days
• Field of Search: 361/728, 361/729, 361/730, 361/734, 340/442, 340/438, 731/463, 174/521, 174/522, 174/524, 174/534, 174/50.5
• US Class Current: 361/728
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0493 for attachment on the tyre

Abstract

A tire condition detecting device according to the present invention includes: an electronic component including a sensor configured to detect a tire condition; and a casing configured to house the electronic component. The casing includes a casing main body configured to house the electronic component and having an opening surface formed thereon, and a lid unit configured to cover the opening surface. An inside of the casing main body having the opening surface covered by the lid unit is filled with a sealant. Accordingly, tire conditions such as inner pressure and temperature of a tire can be surely detected and a breakdown of an electronic component can be prevented even in an environment where water content such as a coolant is injected in the tire.

Claims

1. A tire condition detecting device comprising:

an electronic component including a detector configured to detect a tire condition; and

a casing configured to house the electronic component, the casing including;

a box unit configured to house the electronic component, and the box unit having an opening surface formed thereon, and

a lid unit configured to cover the opening surface, wherein

an inside of the box unit having the opening surface covered by the lid unit is filled with a sealant,

the lid unit has (i) a middle lid configured to cover the opening surface and come into contact with the sealant, and (ii) at least one outer lid located at an outer side of the box unit and farther away therefrom than the middle lid,

the detector has an introduction pipe configured to communicatively connect the detector to an outside of the casing,

the middle lid has a pipe insertion hole formed therein into which the introduction pipe is inserted,

a tip end portion of the introduction pipe is located in the at least one outer lid, and

each of the at least one outer lid has one or a plurality of vents formed therein.

2. The tire condition detecting device according to claim 1, wherein

the middle lid has a first hole portion and a second hole portion formed therein, the second hole portion located at a different position from the first hole portion,

an elastic member is provided on each of a peripheral edge of the first hole portion and a peripheral edge of the second hole portion, and

a closed space is formed between the outer lid and the middle lid with the elastic member in between.

3. The tire condition detecting device according to claim 2, wherein

the at least one outer lid has a recessed portion formed therein, the recessed portion recessed outwardly of the box unit,

the tip end portion of the introduction pipe is located in the recessed portion, and

the recessed portion has one or a plurality of vents formed therein.

4. The tire condition detecting device according to claim 3, wherein

another elastic member is provided on a peripheral edge of the pipe insertion hole.