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US 2012/0067116 A1Published application
Wheel
AssigneeCommissariat A L'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
InventorsThierry Hilt, Bruno Mourey
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Abstract
This wheel is equipped with a tyre and an electric device (100), which needs to be supplied with power in order to operate. The device comprises a system (200) for converting the difference in pressure between the pressurized gas inside the tyre and the free air outside the tyre into electric power used for supplying the electric device.
Claims12
1-10. (canceled)
A wheel comprising
- a tire,
- an electrical sensor requiring power for operation, and a conversion system for providing electrical energy for powering the electrical sensor, the electrical energy being obtained from conversion of a difference between pressure of a gas confined under pressure within the tire and ambient pressure of air outside the tire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.