Measuring and testing – Tire – tread or roadway
Reexamination Certificate
2005-10-11
2005-10-11
Oen, William (Department: 2855)
Measuring and testing
Tire, tread or roadway
Reexamination Certificate
active
06952955
ABSTRACT:
A tire monitoring assembly is used with a wheel and tire assembly having a wheel rim, with the wheel rim including a mounting hole. The tire monitoring assembly includes a sealing grommet having an inner sealing ring, an outer sealing ring, and a main body extending between the inner sealing ring and the outer sealing ring, with the inner sealing ring being pressed through the mounting hole. The assembly also includes a fastener having a head and a shank extending from the head, with the shank extending through a fastener hole in the sealing grommet. A mounting member has a fastener through hole that receives the shank therethrough, a generally semi-spherical surface extending about a first end of the fastener through hole, and a recess extending about a second end of the fastener through hole that receives the inner sealing ring. Also, the assembly includes a housing having a semi-spherical recess in surface contact with and slidable relative to the semi-spherical surface, a slotted fastener hole located within and extending through the semi-spherical recess and having the shank extending therethrough, and feet that maintain contact with the wheel rim. A nut engages the threads of the shank and a curved surface on the housing to thereby secure the housing and semi-spherical mounting member to the fastener, while allowing for limited pivoting of the housing relative to the mounting member to allow for use on various wheel designs.
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Ellington Alandra
Lear Corporation
MacMillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC.
Oen William
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