Patent ID: 6871531
Filing Date: 2005-03-29
Classification: B60C,G01L

Abstract:
1. An external mount tire pressure sensor system comprising: a main guide body member having a pair of laterally spaced essentially parallel leg portions joined by an intermediate portion, each leg portion having a slider element bore with an essentially linear section, a first one of said leg portions having an open end attachable to a tire valve stem, the other one of said leg portions having a closed end; a pair of slider elements each translatably located in a different one of said leg portions, said pair of slider elements being mechanically coupled together for translatory motion in unison; the slider element in said first one of said leg portions being in fluid sealing relation with the associated slider element bore; a bias element positioned between said closed end and a free end of the slider element in said other one of said leg portions for urging said pair of slider elements to a neutral position; and a fluid entrance element for communicating internal gas pressure from a vehicle tire mounted on a wheel to a confronting surface of the slider element in said first one of said leg portions so that gas pressure from said tire can produce a translatory force on said slider element in said first leg portion in opposition to the bias element.