Patent ID: 11951940
Assignee: MACLEAN-FOGG COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F  G | IPC B  F  G

Claim 9:
10. An alarm subassembly for a vehicle wheel fastener comprising:
a sensor housing sized to be retained in a cavity of the vehicle wheel fastener;
a sensor array contained in the sensor housing to detect an attribute of a fastener body and generates an output alarm signal based on the attribute of the fastener body;
a power supply contained in the housing; and
an antenna connected to the sensor array to transmit the alarm signal to a remote location, the antenna connected to the sensor array at a first end and extending beyond the cavity to a second end of the antenna being a rigid segment shaped to correspond to an outer surface of a wheel fastener, and wherein the antenna comprises at least one flexible segment connecting the sensor array to the rigid segment.