Patent ID: 8984937
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: B60C,F16M

Abstract:
1. A tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) wheel mounting bracket that functions in combination with a vehicle wheel rim that includes a tire-valve attachment cavity having an air passage bore, a TPMS having a bracket attachment bore, and an air inlet tube having an upper end and a lower end, wherein to the upper end is integrally attached a wheel rim attachment nut having an air-outlet bore that intersects the air-inlet tube and that is dimensioned to fit into the tire-valve attachment cavity, a set of upper tube threads that extend from the upper end of the air inlet tube, and a set of lower tube threads that extend from the lower end of the air inlet tube, an air-check valve that is inserted into the lower end of the air inlet tube, a resilient upper washer that interfaces with the lower surface of the wheel rim attachment nut, a resilient lower washer, and an air-inlet tube securing nut, wherein said TPMS wheel mounting bracket comprises: a) a horizontal section having a first end, a second end, a wheel rim recess and a tube nut recess, b) a vertical section that integrally extends upward from the first end of the horizontal section and having an upper terminus, a threaded TPMS/bracket attachment bore that accepts a threaded bolt that is inserted via a washer into the TPMS bracket attachment bore and threaded into the threaded TPMS/bracket attachment bore, and c) a tube/bracket attachment bore located adjacent the second end of the horizontal section wherein the upper surface of the tube/bracket attachment bore interfaces via the resilient upper washer with the lower surface of the wheel rim attachment nut and the lower surface of the tube/bracket attachment bore interfaces with the resilient lower washer, wherein said wheel mounting bracket is located between the resilient upper washer and the resilient lower washer, wherein when the wheel rim attachment nut and the air-inlet tube securing nut are tightened, said TPMS wheel mounting bracket is secured to the vehicle wheel rim.