Patent ID: 9067527
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: B60B,B60Q,B60R

Abstract:
1. A device for detecting wheel loss from a vehicle while the vehicle is in motion, the device comprising: a housing configured for, in use, mounting the device to a wheel rim of a wheel, such that the device indirectly abuts a wheel hub of an axle to which the wheel is attached, such that the wheel is disposed between the device and the wheel hub, said housing includes a mounting plate comprising an aperture arranged to fit over a wheel hub stud; a detector for detecting a proximity of the device to the wheel rim, and hence indirectly detecting a proximity of the device to the wheel hub; a transmitter for sending an alarm signal in the event that the detector indirectly detects that the device is no longer in proximity to the wheel hub; wherein the device is coupled to a mounting plate comprising an aperture arranged to fit over a wheel hub stud, such that, in use, the device abuts the wheel rim.