Ground-fixing system for a sensor housing
AssigneeCompagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
InventorVianney Leroy
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Abstract
A ground-fixing system for a tire characteristics sensor housing (10) comprises: a fixing plate (1) comprising a plurality of recesses (2) of a given profile distributed over the surface of the fixing plate; and a plurality of fixing pins (3) of substantially corresponding profile, similarly distributed on a fixing face of said sensor housing (10), the shapes and dimensions of the recesses (2) and of the pins (3) for fixing being provided so as to allow, on the one hand, in a position of insertion of the pins, engagement of the latter in said recesses and, on the other hand, in a locking position of the pins, fixing of the sensor housing (10) on the fixing plate (1).
Claims11
A ground-fixing system for a tire characteristics sensor housing, the system being designed to withstand severe stresses associated with vehicles driving over the sensor housing, and the system comprising:
- (i) a fixing plate comprising a plurality of recesses of a given profile distributed over a surface of the fixing plate;
- (ii) a plurality of fastening pins suitable for cooperating with the profiles of the recesses of the fixing plate, similarly distributed on a fixing face of the sensor housing with a degree of freedom in rotation so as to allow the fastening pins to be inserted and immobilized by simple rotation in the corresponding recesses,
- wherein shapes and dimensions of the recesses and of the fastening pins being provided so as to allow, in an insertion position of the fastening pins, engagement of the fastening pins in the recesses and, in a locking position of the fastening pins resulting from a rotation of the fastening pins, fixing of the sensor housing on the fixing plate,
- wherein the length of the fixing plate is greater than that of the measurement housing that is to be fixed, and the number of recesses is greater than the number of pins to be received in order to allow the housing to be positioned at a plurality of locations along the longitudinal axis L-L of the fixing plate, and
- wherein the fixing plate is fixed to the ground.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.