- Patent Title: Tire sensor mounting assembly, vehicle wheel balancer, combination tire sensor mounting assembly and wheel balancer, method for mounting a tire sensor to a vehicle part, and method for balancing a vehicle wheel
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Application No.: US15519727Application Date: 2015-10-19
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Publication No.: US10363783B2Publication Date: 2019-07-30
- Inventor: Alan C. Lesesky , Samuel Duke Drinkard
- Applicant: ITIRE, LLC
- Applicant Address: US SC Rock Hill
- Assignee: ITIRE, LLC
- Current Assignee: ITIRE, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US SC Rock Hill
- Agency: Schwartz Law Firm, P.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2015/056213 WO 20151019
- International Announcement: WO2016/061573 WO 20160421
- Main IPC: B60C23/04
- IPC: B60C23/04 ; F16F15/36 ; F16F15/32
Abstract:
A combination vehicle tire sensor assembly and in-tire wheel balancer is adapted for residing inside a pneumatic tire mounted on a wheel rim of a motor vehicle. The combination includes a flexible mounting cable secured to the sensor assembly, and adapted for extending circumferentially within an annular space formed between the tire and wheel rim. A counterweight is secured to the mounting cable inside the pneumatic tire a spaced distance from the sensor assembly. A substantially hollow balancer belt resides inside the pneumatic tire adjacent the sensor assembly and counterweight, and defines a circumferentially-extending exterior groove designed for receiving and locating said mounting cable, and a circumferentially-extending interior cavity adapted for loosely containing a wheel-balancing medium.
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