Patent ID: 9744818
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: B60C,G01M

Claim:
1. A method for monitoring one or more parameters of a tire, comprising: mounting a tire mountable apparatus to a tire, the tire mountable apparatus comprising a piezoelectric device having at least one piezoelectric component, the piezoelectric device having length L, the length L being the longest dimension of the piezoelectric device; the tire mountable apparatus comprising a plurality of conductive terminals arranged on the piezoelectric device in a generally linear relationship along a line that is within 20° of perpendicular to the direction defined by the length L of the piezoelectric device; the tire mountable apparatus further comprising a printed circuit board secured to the plurality of conductive terminals, the printed circuit board having a length, the length being the longest dimension of the printed circuit board; rotating the tire for one or more revolutions; and obtaining a piezoelectric signal generated by the at least one piezoelectric component during rotation of the tire; wherein the tire mountable apparatus is mounted to the tire so that the direction of the length L of the piezoelectric device is aligned within 20° of the direction of rotation of the tire; wherein the printed circuit board is secured to the plurality of conductive terminals such that the length of the printed circuit board is aligned within 20° of perpendicular to the direction defined by the length L of the piezoelectric device.