Patent ID: 7034672

Claim:
A tire monitoring device for monitoring various tire conditions of a tubeless tire mounted on a vehicle wheel rotatably mounted on an axle of a vehicle, said vehicle having an underbody and wheel wells for housing the vehicle wheel, said wheel having a recessed portion of the wheel and a wheel rim defining the recessed portion, said tire monitoring device comprising: a composite wheel having a recessed portion of the wheel and a wheel rim defining the recessed portion suitable for supporting a tubeless tire mounted thereon, wherein said composite wheel is made from a material being selected from the group consisting of graphite, plastics, double skinned reinforced foam-center plastic composites, composite coated steel rim wheel, aluminum alloys, Kevlar reinforced plastics and metal mesh reinforced plastics; at least a wire free transmitter and a receiver for monitoring signals about the tire condition having a wavelength of from about 1 to about 150 Hz; a toroidal antenna permanently incorporated into the recessed portion of the wheel rim, such that the antenna relays information about the tire, and wherein the antenna is embedded into the composite wheel such that the antenna is permanently incorporated into the wheel, not requiring any further assembly.