Portable transmitter for tire air pressure warning apparatus

• US 5,825,285 A
• Filed: 09/07/1995
• Issued: 10/20/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Pacific Industrial Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Pacific Industrial Company Limited
• Inventors: Sawafuji, Kazunori
• Primary Examiner(s): Hofsass, Jeffery
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lefkowitz, Edward
• Application Number:
  US08/525,978
• Time in Patent Office: 1,139 Days
• Field of Search: 340/445, 340/442, 343/745, 343/702, 343/895, 343/866, 73/146, 73/146.4, 73/146.8, 116/34 R, 200/61.22
• US Class Current: 340/445
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0433 Radio signals

Abstract

A tire air warning apparatus attached to a wheel of the vehicle is disclosed. The apparatus includes a sensor which detects tire air pressure lower than a predetermined value and a transmitter which outputs a signal in accordance with an instruction from the sensor. The transmitter accommodates a transmitting substrate, an electric power source and an antenna electrically connected with the substrate. The transmitter is filled up with a non-conductive resin to fix the substrate, power source and antenna in the transmitter.

Claims

1. A tire pressure warning apparatus, adapted to be attached to a wheel of a vehicle, including a sensor for detecting a tire air pressure lower than a predetermined level and a transmitter for outputting a signal in accordance with an instruction from the sensor, said apparatus comprising:

a transmitting substrate disposed in the transmitter;

an antenna electrically connected to said substrate in the transmitter; and

a non-conductive resin for securing said substrate in the transmitter;

said electrical connection of said antenna to said substrate being in the form of a coiled feeder wire.

2. The apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said substrate includes electrical parts thereon.

3. The apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein said non-conductive resin includes silicone.

4. A tire pressure warning apparatus, adapted to be attached to a wheel of a vehicle, including a sensor for detecting a tire air pressure lower than a predetermined level and a transmitter for outputting a signal in accordance with an instruction from the sensor, said apparatus comprising:

a transmitting substrate disposed in the transmitter, said substrate including electrical parts thereon;

an electric power source, disposed in the transmitter, for supplying electric power to said substrate;

an antenna electrically connected to said substrate in the transmitter; and

a non-conductive resin for securing said substrate, said power source and said antenna in the transmitter;

said electrical connection of said antenna to said substrate being by a coiled feeder wire.

5. A tire air warning apparatus including at least two contacts for making electrical contact with one another when air pressure in a tire is lower than a predetermined level, means for outputting a signal based on said electrical contact, and antenna means for transmitting a radio wave based on the signal from the outputting means, the generating means being electrically connected with the outputting means, said apparatus comprising:

means for housing the outputting means;

means for fixing the outputting means in said housing means; and

spiral wire feeder means for electrically connecting the outputting means with the transmitting means.

6. The apparatus as set forth in claim 5, wherein said spiral wire feeder connecting means includes a coiled feeder wire.

7. A tire pressure warning apparatus including at least two contacts for making electrical contact with one another when air pressure in a tire is lower than a predetermined level, means for outputting a signal based on said electrical contact, and antenna means for transmitting a radio wave based on the signal from the outputting means, the antenna means being electrically connected with the outputting means, said apparatus comprising:

means for housing the outputting means;

means for fixing the outputting means in said housing means;

the outputting means comprising a transmitting substrate;

the antenna means comprising an antenna; and

a coiled feeder wire for connecting said substrate with said antenna means.

8. The apparatus as set forth in claim 7, wherein said transmitting substrate includes a plurality of electric parts.

9. The apparatus as set forth in claim 7, wherein said fixing means includes a non-conductive resin.

10. The apparatus as set forth in claim 9, wherein said non-conductive resin includes silicone.