Patent ID: 7487668

Claim:
A fixing structure for fixing a pneumatic tire pressure sensor onto a rim of a tire wheel, on which a pneumatic tire is mounted, comprising: a protector fixed to the rim in the vicinity of the pneumatic tire pressure sensor to protect the pneumatic tire pressure sensor from interference with the pneumatic tire, wherein the pneumatic tire comprises bead portions, wherein the rim comprises a drum and inboard and outboard tire bead sheets extending radially from both sides of the drum, wherein the bead portions of the pneumatic tire are press bonded to the inboard and outboard tire bead sheets, respectively, wherein the drum comprises a first cylindrical part, an annular wall part extending radially from an outboard edge of the first cylindrical part, and a second cylindrical part which connects the annular wall part to the outboard tire bead sheet, and wherein the protector is fixed to the first cylindrical part and the annular wall part in the vicinity of the pneumatic tire pressure sensor.