Transmitter casing for a tire air pressure warning apparatus

• US 6,160,474 A
• Filed: 09/03/1999
• Issued: 12/12/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Pacific Industrial Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Pacific Industrial Company Limited
• Inventors: Tsunetomi, Seishi, Momose, Akira, Saheki, Setsuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Lieu, Julie
• Application Number:
  US09/390,249
• Time in Patent Office: 466 Days
• Field of Search: 340/442, 340/447, 73/146, 73/146.8, 73/146.4, 73/146.5
• US Class Current: 340/442
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/04 mounted on the wheel or tyre
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0494 Valve stem attachments positioned inside the tyre chamber

Abstract

A transmitter casing has an upper plate and a lower plate, which face each other. A rib is located to incline with respect to the lower plate between the upper plate and the lower plate. The rib prevents the tire from interfering to the casing if the tire is detached from the wheel. This enables smooth detaching of a tire from a wheel without interference with the transmitter, and to strengthen the casing of the transmitter.

Claims

1. A case for a transmitter, wherein the transmitter is adapted for attachment to a wheel inside a tire and for transmitting information concerning tire pressure, the case comprising:

a first plate;

a second plate that is generally parallel to the first plate; and

a plurality of ribs, wherein each rib is located at the periphery of the case and is located between the first plate and the second plate, wherein each ribs has an inclined surface, wherein the inclined surface of at least one of the ribs has a smaller angle of inclination with respect to the second plate than that of the other ribs, and wherein the inclined surface of the at least one rib is located to guide the tire over the case when the tire is being removed.

2. The case according to claim 1, wherein the at least one rib is generally triangular.

3. The case according to claim 1, wherein the periphery of the second late forms a flange, and the at least one rib is joined to the flange.

4. The case according to claim 3, wherein the case includes a peripheral wall that extends between the first and second plates, wherein the at least one rib extends between the peripheral wall and the flange.

5. The case according to claim 1, wherein the case includes a peripheral wall that extends between the first and second plates, wherein the at least one rib extends outwardly from the peripheral wall.

6. The case according to claim 1, wherein a valve stem extends from the case to the outside of the wheel.

7. A transmitter unit used for transmitting information concerning tire pressure from a wheel, the unit comprising:

a first plate;

a second plate that is generally parallel to the first plate;

a plurality of ribs extending from the unit, wherein each rib is located between the first plate and the second plate, wherein each rib has an inclined surface, wherein the inclined surface of at least one of the ribs has a smaller angle of inclination with respect to the second plate than that of the other ribs, wherein the inclined surface of the at least one rib is located to guide the tire over the case when the tire is being removed; and

a valve stem extending from the unit.

8. The transmitter unit according to claim 7, wherein the at least one rib is generally triangular.

9. The transmitter unit according to claim 7, wherein the periphery of the second plate forms a flange, and the at least one rib is joined to the flange.

10. The case according to claim 9, wherein the case includes a peripheral wall that extends between the first and second plates, wherein the at least one rib extends between the peripheral wall and the flange.

11. The transmitter unit according to claim 7, wherein the transmitter unit includes a peripheral wall that extends between the first and second plates, wherein the at least one rib extends outwardly from the peripheral wall.

12. A case for a transmitter, wherein the transmitter is adapted for attachment to a wheel inside a tire and for transmitting information concerning tire pressure, the case comprising

a first plate;

a second plate that is generally parallel to the first plate;

a peripheral wall that extends between the first and second plates; and

a plurality of ribs, wherein each rib is located about the peripheral wall, wherein each rib has an associated inclined surface, wherein the inclined surface of at least one of the ribs has a smaller angle of inclination with respect to the second plate than that of the other ribs, and wherein the inclined surface of the at least one rib is located to guide the tire over the case when the tire is being removed.

13. A transmitter unit used for transmitting information concerning tire pressure from a wheel, the unit comprising:

a first plate;

a second plate that is generally parallel to the first plate;

a peripheral wall that extends between the first and second plates; and

a plurality of ribs, wherein each rib is located about the peripheral wall, wherein each rib has an associated inclined surface, wherein the inclined surface of at least one of the ribs has a smaller angle of inclination with respect to the second plate than that of the other ribs, and wherein the inclined surface of the at least one rib is located to guide the tire over the case when the tire is being removed;

a valve stem extending from the unit; and

an inclined surface formed on an inner side of the unit, wherein the inner side is opposite to the outer side.