Patent ID: 8047068

Claim:
A snap-in tire pressure monitoring system TPMS comprising: a valve having an inner portion and an outer portion, the outer portion being a resilient element having a annular sealing surface configured to snap-in an opening in a tire wheel rim, the inner portion being a rigid element defining an air passageway between an inboard end and an outboard end; a housing having electronics configured to sense parameters within the tire wheel rim; an electrical connection element extending inside the housing to electrical connect with the electronics and outside the housing to electrically connect with the inboard end; a fastener removable attached to the inboard end, the fastener providing a compressive force that compresses the electrical connection element against the inboard end; and the housing includes an upwardly extending connection portion through which the inner portion extends; the connection element is u-shaped and fits over top of the connection portion, the electrical connection element having a first side that extends down a first side of the connection portion and a second side that extends down a second side of the connection portion; the inner portion include a shoulder on the second side of the connection portion; and wherein the fastener compressively tightens the shoulder against the connection portion, causing the fastener to compress the first side of the connection element against the first side of the connection portion and to compress the second side of the electrical connection element against the second side of the connection portion.