Wheel sensor with valve
AssigneeBeru F1 Systems Limited
InventorsJohn Michael Bailey, Andrew Paul Rice, James Edward Phillips, Gavin Mark Skipper, James Ravi Shingleton
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Abstract
A wheel sensor which is primarily located outside of a pneumatic tire includes a sensor for sensing one or more conditions within the pneumatic tire of a wheel and a connector configured to secure the sensor to the wheel rim; wherein the connector establishes a link between the medium inside the tire and the sensor; and includes a valve which seals when the sensor is removed from the rim and opens when the sensor is attached to the rim.
Claims7
A wheel sensor which is primarily located outside of a pneumatic tire comprising sensing means for sensing at least one condition within the pneumatic tire of a wheel and an attachment means for securing said sensing means to the wheel rim;
- wherein said attachment means establishes a link between the medium inside the tire and said sensing means;
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- comprises a valve which seals when the sensing means is removed and opens when the sensing means is attached to the rim.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.