Patent ID: 7350408
Filing Date: 2008-04-01
Classification: B60C

Abstract:
1. An apparatus and system for integration of a sensor into a wheel, comprising: a circular wheel rim having formed coaxially on opposite ends thereof outwardly flaring circumferential flange sections disposed to be engaged by the beads of a tubeless tire mounted on the rim; said wheel rim having intermediate said opposite ends thereof a transverse wall section extending transversely of the axis of said rim, and having therethrough a central opening disposed coaxially of said axis; an air duct formed within at least one of said wall section and said rim to open at one end thereof on the outer periphery of said rim for communication with the interior of the tire mounted thereon; and a sensor in communication with the interior of said tire via said air duct, wherein no portion of said sensor is located in the interior of said tire.