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US 2019/0101565 A1Published application
Wheel-speed tone ring apparatus
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJoe L. Buchwitz, John Wesley Stanley, Mark Riches
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Abstract
Example apparatus are disclosed for a wheel-speed tone ring apparatus. An example apparatus includes an axle of a vehicle, and a tone ring coupled to the axle, the tone ring having teeth distributed about a peripheral edge of the tone ring, each tooth having a ramp-shaped surface to be sensed by a wheel speed sensor as the tone ring rotates with the axle.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- an axle of a vehicle;
- and
- a tone ring coupled to the axle, the tone ring having teeth distributed about a peripheral edge of the tone ring, each tooth having a ramp-shaped surface to be sensed by a wheel speed sensor as the tone ring rotates with the axle.
An apparatus comprising:
- a tone ring to be coupled to an axle of a vehicle, the tone ring having a central bore to be received by the axle to couple the tone ring to the axle, wherein the tone ring has protrusions surrounding a peripheral edge of the tone ring, each protrusion having a beveled face to pass adjacent a sensor when the tone ring rotates.
An apparatus comprising:
- an axle of a vehicle;
- a tone ring coupled to the axle, the tone ring having teeth on a peripheral edge of the tone ring, each tooth having a ramp-shaped surface;
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- a sensor positioned to measure a wheel speed of the vehicle in response to the ramp-shaped surfaces passing by the sensor as the tone ring rotates with the axle.
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