Integrated wireless data system for a vehicle wheel hub assembly
AssigneeTecat Performance Systems, LLC
InventorDouglas Martin Baker
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Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to an integrated wireless data system and method for mounting the system on one or more components within a vehicle wheel hub assembly for measuring operational data relating to the condition or status of a brake rotor or other components within a wheel hub assembly, where the integrated wireless data system rotates with the vehicle wheel.
Claims11
An integrated wireless data system for measuring operational characteristics of a wheel hub assembly in a vehicle, comprising:
- a remote unit having at least one sensor and a remote transceiver and an A/D converter and a microprocessor for measuring operational data of the wheel hub assembly;
- said remote unit including a power source connected to and providing power to said remote unit;
- a base unit having a base transceiver and a microprocessor connected to and in communication with a data acquisition system;
- and
- said remote unit and base unit wirelessly communicating with one another to exchange the operational data in real-time and bi-directionally.
A method for measuring operational characteristics of a wheel hub assembly under real-world operating conditions, comprising the steps of:
- installing a remote unit on a component of the wheel hub assembly;
- measuring the operational characteristics of the wheel hub assembly using the remote unit;
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- wirelessly transmitting the operational characteristics of the wheel hub assembly to a base unit.
A method to configure an integrated wireless data system including a base unit in wireless communication with a remote unit and said base unit connected to data acquisition system to collect operational characteristics of the wheel hub assembly, comprising the steps of:
- installing the remote unit to the wheel hub assembly;
- collecting data associated with the operational characteristics using the remote unit and the base unit of the integrated wireless data system;
- connecting the base unit to a data acquisition system;
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- configuring the data acquisition system to store the collected data for processing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.