Patent ID: 6357833
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: B60B,B60C

Abstract:
An apparatus for receiving an insertable housing containing a tire operating monitoring device and a transmitter so as to be able to sense an operating condition of a tire and transmit a signal indicative thereof, the apparatus comprising:a) a wheel component having a protected interior surface and a mounting location for the tire to mount on the wheel component such that when a tire is mounted on the mounting location of the wheel component, the protected interior surface is positioned in a space enclosed by the tire; b) a sunken cavity that is pre-formed in the protected interior surface so as to extend below said surface, in said wheel component, wherein the sunken cavity is sized so as to receive the insertable housing such that the operating monitoring device and the transmitter is retained in the wheel component in a manner that permits the operating monitoring device to detect the operating condition inside the space enclosed by the tire while reducing exposure of the housing during installation of the tire on the mounting location of the wheel component.