Patent ID: 8082777

Claim:
A wheel and sensor assembly for a vehicle comprising: a rotational wheel assembly operatively mounting to a vehicle and including a wheel rim and a tire mounted thereto; at least one sensor device for operatively measuring a wheel assembly parameter at least partially while the wheel assembly rotates in operational use on the vehicle; a bracket assembly operatively carried by the wheel assembly, the one sensor device mounting to the bracket assembly in a preferred operative location; wherein the bracket assembly includes a first bracket arm segment extending at least partially opposite an outer sidewall of the tire in a radial direction; wherein the bracket member includes a second bracket arm segment extending at least partially opposite a tread region of the tire in an axial direction, the assembly including at least one secondary sensor device mounted to the second bracket arm segment adjacent the tread region of the tire; and wherein a remote end of the first bracket arm segment operatively connects to a bearing assembly; the bearing assembly comprising a wheel plate; a stator housing affixed to an outward surface of the wheel plate; a stator shaft extending outward from the stator housing and connecting at an outward end to the first bracket arm; and a plurality of elongate extension members coupled to an inward side of the wheel plate and having connection means at an inward end coupling to a mating connector on a vehicle; wherein the extension members have a length operative to position the stator shaft outward end in a substantially coplanar relationship with the first bracket arm.