Patent ID: 11884113
Assignee: PACIFIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A bracket that is pressed against and fixed to an outer peripheral surface of a rim of a tire wheel by a belt wound around the outer peripheral surface of the rim, and detachably holds an electric circuit unit, the bracket comprising:
a pair of rim contact portions that are provided at both ends in a circumferential direction of the rim in a rim facing surface facing the outer peripheral surface of the rim, and come into contact with the outer peripheral surface of the rim in such a way as to cause a portion between the both ends to be spaced apart from the outer peripheral surface of the rim;
a base portion that extends in the circumferential direction of the rim and has the rim facing surface inside the base portion;
a pressed portion that is provided between the pair of rim contact portions in the base portion and pressed by the belt toward the outer peripheral surface of the rim, causing the base portion to sag;
a pair of facing support portions that protrude from both ends of the base portion toward a side opposite to the rim facing surface and receive and support the electric circuit unit between the pair of facing support portions; and
a pair of slits that pass through base end portions of the pair of facing support portions to allow the belt to pass through, wherein:
the base portion sags toward the outer peripheral surface of the rim in such a way that the pair of facing support portions tilt toward each other,
the base portion is curved at an intermediate portion of a strip-shaped sheet metal, except for both ends, in an arc shape, and the pair of facing support portions are bent in such a way that the both ends of the strip-shaped sheet metal are erected from the base portion, and
a pair of bent portions between the base portion and the pair of facing support portions constitute the pair of rim contact portions.