# US 11,906,537 B2 · Wheel sensor device for vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,906,537 B2 - Document ID: US11906537B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/575,079 - Filed: 2022-01-13 - Published: 2022-07-14 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2021-01-14 - Assignees: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Dong Geun Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11906537B2 ## CPC - G01P 1/026: {for speed measuring devices, e.g. pulse generator} - G01P 3/00: Measuring linear or angular speed; Measuring differences of linear or angular speeds (G01P5/00 - G01P11/00 take precedence; {direction and speed indication G01P13/045}; counting mechanisms G06M) - G01P 3/44: for measuring angular speed (G01P3/56 takes precedence) - G01P: MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION, OR SHOCK; INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT (measuring or recording blood flow A61B5/02, A61B8/06; monitoring speed or deceleration of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L3/00; vehicle lighting systems adapted to indicate speed B60Q1/54; determining position or course in navigation, measuring ground distance in geodesy or surveying G01C; combined measuring devices for measuring two or more variables of movement G01C23/00; measuring velocity of sound G01H; measuring velocity of light G01J7/00; measuring direction or velocity of solid objects by reception or emission of radiowaves or other waves and based on propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effect, propagation time, direction of propagation, G01S; measuring speed of nuclear radiation G01T; measuring acceleration of gravity G01V; {measuring or recording the speed of trains B61L23/00; speed indicators incorporated in motor vehicles B60K35/00; measuring frequency or phase G01R; traffic control G08G}) ## Abstract A wheel sensor device for a vehicle may include: a first sensor part having a first fixing hole, inserted into an insertion space of a knuckle of a vehicle, and configured to sense wheel speed of the vehicle; a second sensor part overlapping the first sensor part, inserted into the insertion part with the first sensor part, having a second fixing hole aligned with the first fixing hole, and configured to sense the wheel speed; and a fixing member fixed to a mounting structure of the knuckle through the first and second fixing holes. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A wheel sensor for a vehicle, the vehicle including a knuckle having an insertion space and a mounting structure, the wheel sensor comprising: a first sensor having (1) a first fixing hole and (2) a portion partially occupying the insertion space of the knuckle, and configured to sense a wheel speed of the vehicle; a second sensor overlapping the first sensor, having a second fixing hole aligned with the first fixing hole and (2) a portion partially occupying the insertion space of the knuckle, and configured to sense the wheel speed; and a fixing member extending through the first and second fixing holes and fixed to the mounting structure of the knuckle. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The wheel sensor of claim 1, wherein the first sensor comprises: a first flange having the first fixing hole; and a first sensor head connected to the first flange and configured to sense the wheel speed. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The wheel sensor of claim 2, wherein the second sensor comprises: a second flange having the second fixing hole and overlapping the first flange; and a second sensor head connected to the second flange, positioned adjacent to the first sensor head, and configured to sense the wheel speed. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The wheel sensor of claim 3, wherein: the first sensor has a first coupling part, and the second sensor has a second coupling part coupled to the first coupling part. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The wheel sensor of claim 4, wherein: the second coupling part has a recess, and the first coupling part has a hook protruding to engage the second coupling part. ### Claim 6 A wheel sensor for a vehicle, the vehicle including a knuckle having an insertion space and a mounting structure, the wheel sensor comprising: a first sensor having (1) a first fixing hole and (2) a portion partially occupying the insertion space of the knuckle, and configured to sense a wheel speed of the vehicle; a second sensor overlapping the first sensor, having (1) a second fixing hole aligned with the first fixing hole and (2) a portion partially occupying the insertion space, and configured to sense the wheel speed of the vehicle; a third sensor overlapping the first sensor, having (1) a third fixing hole aligned with the first and second fixing holes and (2) a portion partially occupying the insertion space, and configured to sense the wheel speed of the vehicle; and a fixing member extending through the first to third fixing holes and fixed to the mounting structure of the knuckle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The wheel sensor of claim 6, wherein the first sensor comprises: a first flange having the first fixing hole; and a first sensor head connected to the first flange and configured to sense the wheel speed. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The wheel sensor of claim 7, wherein the second sensor comprises: a second flange having the second fixing hole; and a second sensor head connected to the second flange, positioned on a first side the first sensor head, and configured to sense the wheel speed. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The wheel sensor of claim 8, wherein the third sensor comprises: a third flange having the third fixing hole; and a third sensor head connected to the third flange, positioned on a second side of the first sensor head, and configured to sense the wheel speed. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The wheel sensor of claim 9, wherein: the first sensor has (1) a first coupling part positioned at a first side of the first sensor and (2) a second coupling part positioned at a second side of the first sensor, the second sensor has a coupling part coupled to the first coupling part of the first sensor, and the third sensor has a coupling part coupled to the second coupling part of the first sensor. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The wheel sensor of claim 10, wherein: the first coupling part of the first sensor includes a recess positioned at the first sensor head, the coupling part of the second sensor includes a first hook protruding from the second sensor head and configured to engage the first coupling part, the coupling part of the third sensor includes a recess positioned at the third sensor head, and the second coupling part of the first sensor includes a second hook protruding from the first sensor head and configured to engage the third coupling part. ### Claim 12 A wheel sensor for a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a knuckle having an insertion space and a mounting structure, the wheel sensor comprising: a first sensor having (1) a first fixing hole and (2) a portion partially occupying the insertion space of the knuckle, and configured to sense a wheel speed of the vehicle; a second sensor overlapping the first sensor, having (1) a second fixing hole aligned with the first fixing hole and (2) a portion partially occupying the insertion space, and configured to sense the wheel speed; a third sensor overlapping the first sensor, having (1) a third fixing hole aligned with the first and second fixing holes and (2) a portion partially occupying the insertion space, and configured to sense the wheel speed; a fourth sensor overlapping the second sensor, having (1) a fourth fixing hole aligned with the first to third fixing holes and (2) a portion partially occupying the insertion space, and configured to sense the wheel speed; and a fixing member extending through the first to fourth fixing holes and fixed to the mounting structure of the knuckle. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The wheel sensor of claim 12, wherein the first sensor comprises: a first flange having the first fixing hole; and a first sensor head connected to the first flange and configured to sense the wheel speed. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The wheel sensor of claim 13, wherein the second sensor comprises: a second flange having the second fixing hole; and a second sensor head connected to the second flange, facing a first side of the first sensor head, and configured to sense the wheel speed. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The wheel sensor of claim 14, wherein the third sensor comprises: a third flange having the third fixing hole; and a third sensor head connected to the third flange, facing a second side of the first sensor head, and configured to sense the wheel speed. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The wheel sensor of claim 15, wherein the fourth sensor comprises: a fourth flange having the fourth fixing hole; and a fourth sensor head connected to the fourth flange, facing the second sensor head, and configured to sense the wheel speed. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The wheel sensor of claim 16, wherein: the first sensor has (1) a first coupling part positioned at a first side of the first sensor, and (2) a second coupling part positioned at a second side of the first sensor, the second sensor has (1) a first coupling part positioned at a first side of the second sensor and coupled to the first coupling part of the first sensor, and (2) a second coupling part positioned at a second side of the second sensor, the third sensor has a coupling part coupled to the second coupling part of the first sensor, and the fourth sensor has a coupling part coupled to the second coupling part of second sensor. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The wheel sensor of claim 17, wherein: the first coupling part of the first sensor includes a recess positioned at the first sensor head, the coupling part of the third sensor includes a hook protruding from the third sensor head and configured to engage the first coupling part, the first coupling part of the second sensor includes a recess positioned at the second sensor head, the second coupling part of the first sensor includes a hook protruding from the first sensor head and configured to engage the first coupling part of the second sensor, the coupling part of the fourth sensor includes a recess positioned at the fourth sensor head, and the second coupling part of the second sensor includes a hook protruding from the second sensor head and configured to engage the coupling part of the fourth sensor.