Electronic unit of a system for monitoring tyre parameters equipped with a rechargeable electrical supply means
AssigneesContinental Automotive France, Continental Automotive GmbH
InventorRachid Benbouhout
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Abstract
An electronic unit that is intended to be mounted on the valve of a vehicle wheel fitted with a tire, incorporating electronics for monitoring at least one operating parameter of the wheel and a rechargeable power supply for supplying power to the electronics, including a device for charging the rechargeable power supply, the device for charging including: a movable element, at least a portion of which is magnetized, that is capable of being set in motion by an air flow for inflating the tire that passes through the valve and cooperating with a coil so as to produce variations in the magnetic field and electromagnetic induction; and a device for managing the charging of the rechargeable power supply.
Claims9
An electronic unit that is intended to be mounted on a valve of a vehicle wheel fitted with a tire, incorporating electronics for monitoring at least one operating parameter of said wheel and a rechargeable means for supplying power to said electronics, including means for charging the rechargeable power supply means, these charging means comprising:
- a movable element, at least a portion of which is magnetized, that is capable of being set in motion by an air flow for inflating the tire that passes through the valve and of cooperating with a coil so as to produce variations in the magnetic field and electromagnetic induction;
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- a device for managing the charging of the rechargeable power supply means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.