Universal TPMS Bracket for Truck Wheel Valve Attachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing TPMS mounting solutions face difficulties in reliably and efficiently attaching to certain vehicle wheels, such as aluminum and steel truck wheels or duplex super single wheels, lacking a universal and cost-effective mounting bracket.
Innovation Solution
A TPMS wheel mounting bracket designed with a vertical section for attachment to the TPMS and a second end for secure attachment to the tire inflation valve, utilizing a threaded bolt and nut system, allowing easy installation and removal, and made from materials like aluminum, steel, or carbon fiber, ensuring structural integrity and adaptability to various wheel types.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a TPMS is mounted on certain types of vehicle wheels (aluminum and steel truck wheels or duplex super single wheels), then the tire pressure monitoring function is achieved, but the mounting becomes difficult and unreliable
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting bracket is designed with a universal configuration that can accommodate multiple wheel types including aluminum wheels, steel wheels, and duplex super single wheels. The bracket features a standardized attachment interface that works across different wheel configurations, eliminating the need for multiple specialized brackets and ensuring reliable mounting regardless of wheel type.
2Reliability
If different mounting brackets are designed for different wheel types, then mounting reliability for each specific wheel type is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting bracket employs a universal design that functions across multiple wheel types. The bracket includes a standardized valve stem attachment mechanism and a configurable wheel mounting interface that can accommodate aluminum wheels, steel wheels, and duplex super single wheels without requiring different bracket designs, thereby reducing device complexity while maintaining reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting bracket is designed as a modular component with distinct functional sections: a valve stem attachment portion, a wheel mounting portion, and a TPMS sensor mounting portion. This segmentation allows the same bracket design to be adapted to different wheel types by configuring the wheel mounting portion, reducing the need for multiple complete bracket designs.
3Device complexity
If a universal mounting bracket is designed for all wheel types, then device complexity is reduced and cost is lowered, but mounting precision and reliability may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting bracket achieves universality through a standardized attachment interface and configurable mounting geometry. The bracket includes adjustment features and multiple mounting position options that allow precise installation on different wheel types while maintaining the same basic bracket design, thus preserving manufacturing precision without increasing device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting bracket incorporates adjustable parameters such as mounting angle, attachment position, and fastener configuration that can be modified to suit different wheel types. These parameter changes allow the universal bracket to achieve precise mounting on aluminum wheels, steel wheels, and duplex super single wheels without requiring different bracket designs.
4Reliability
If specialized mounting solutions are used for each wheel type, then mounting reliability is improved, but ease of manufacture and cost-effectiveness deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting bracket is designed as a single universal component that can be manufactured using the same process and materials for all wheel types. This eliminates the need to maintain multiple specialized bracket designs, reduce inventory complexity, and lower manufacturing costs while ensuring reliable mounting across aluminum wheels, steel wheels, and duplex super single wheels.
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AI summary
A tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) wheel mounting bracket that is designed to attach a TPMS to an air flow tube having means for being attached to a vehicle wheel rim. The TPMS wheel mounting bracket includes a first end that terminates with a vertical section having a threaded bore, and a second end that terminates with a tube/bracket attachment bore. When a threaded bolt is inserted through a bracket attachment bore located on the TPMS and into the threaded bore on the vertical section, the TPMS is secured to the first end of the TPMS wheel mounting bracket. The tube/bracket attachment bore located on the second end is dimensioned to fit over the air inlet tube that is secured to the TPMS mounting bracket by means of a bolt.