Tire Pressure Monitor Variable Angle Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tire pressure monitoring systems face challenges in reliably attaching the pressure measuring housing to various wheel and tire valve geometries, leading to inconsistent contact with the interior rim well.
Innovation Solution
A tire pressure monitoring system with adjustable mounting features, including wings, flanges, and loops, coupled with a clamp assembly, allows the sensor housing to be positioned at a range of angles, ensuring compatibility with diverse wheel and valve combinations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed geometry housing is used for mounting on the tire valve, then the manufacturing and assembly process is simple, but the system cannot adapt to different wheel rim and valve geometries
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting structure incorporates adjustable components including a clamp assembly with movable clamping arms, a positioning mechanism with adjustable arms, and a tensioning system with movable tensioning elements. These dynamic components allow the housing to be positioned at various angles and secured to different wheel rim and valve geometries, transforming a static fixed-geometry design into an adaptable system that maintains reliable contact across diverse applications.
2Reliability
If the housing is designed to contact the interior rim well for reliability, then measurement reliability improves, but the mounting structure becomes more complex to accommodate varying rim geometries
Solution Approach 1:
The positioning mechanism includes adjustable arms with multiple positioning points that can be configured to contact the interior rim well at optimal locations. The clamp assembly with movable clamping arms and the tensioning system with adjustable tensioning elements work together to maintain reliable contact between the housing and the rim well across various rim geometries, ensuring measurement reliability while adapting to different wheel designs.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting structure introduces intermediary components including the clamp assembly, positioning mechanism, and tensioning system that mediate between the housing and the diverse wheel rim geometries. These intermediary elements provide the necessary adaptability to ensure the housing maintains reliable contact with the interior rim well across different applications without requiring custom designs for each rim type.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple specialized assemblies are created for different wheel geometries, then adaptability to specific wheel types improves, but the overall system complexity and inventory requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting structure is designed as a universal system that can accommodate various wheel rim and valve geometries through its adjustable components. The clamp assembly with movable clamping arms, the positioning mechanism with adjustable arms, and the tensioning system with movable tensioning elements work together to provide a single multi-functional assembly that replaces the need for multiple specialized assemblies, thereby reducing inventory requirements while maintaining broad compatibility.
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AI summary
A tire monitoring system with mounting features on a housing provide for positioning through a wide range of angles. Accordingly, the system can be positioned on a variety of wheel rim/valve combinations. The tire monitoring apparatus includes two opposed wings provided on the housing to facilitate the range of positioning angles at which the housing can be positioned with respect to a valve base. Each opposed wing has a same exterior surface radius of curvature and the wings are clamped between a base plate and a clamp plate at the desired angle.