Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tire module with piezo-electric transducer and tire equipped therewith
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Application No.: US14509240Application Date: 2014-10-08
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Publication No.: US09908374B2Publication Date: 2018-03-06
- Inventor: Axel Dussinger , Ralf Kessler , Ingemar Wolf , Andre Seifert , Benjamin Mueller
- Applicant: Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG
- Applicant Address: DE Velbert
- Assignee: HUF HÜLSBECK & FÜRST GMBH & CO. KG
- Current Assignee: HUF HÜLSBECK & FÜRST GMBH & CO. KG
- Current Assignee Address: DE Velbert
- Agency: Hackler Daghighian Martino & Novak
- Priority: DE102012007071 20120411; DE102012107573 20120817
- Main IPC: B60C23/02
- IPC: B60C23/02 ; B60C23/04 ; H01L41/047 ; H01L41/113 ; H02N2/18 ; G01M17/02

Abstract:
A tire module for attachment to an inside of a pneumatic tire for vehicles includes a device for measuring and/or monitoring the air pressure in the tire. A transmitter for transmitting radio signals, which contains information regarding the air pressure in the tire, includes a mechanical-electrical transducer having a flexible piezo-electrical element, which converts alternating changes in shape of the piezo-electric element caused by the rolling tire into electric energy and includes a storage unit for the electric energy, which is connected to the transducer. The transducer may contain a circular, disc-like, piezo-electric element, which in the following is described as piezo disc and on which an electrical voltage generated through the piezo effect is tapped off on contact points which are located on opposite sides of the piezo disc.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150020585A1 TIRE MODULE WITH PIEZO-ELECTRIC TRANSDUCER AND TIRE EQUIPPED THEREWITH Public/Granted day:2015-01-22
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