Nokian Tyres Plc

Jukka Hakanen

Ari Tuunanen

Jari Kirjanen

Tomi Lundell

An assembly with an electronic measuring apparatus for installing said electronic measuring apparatus on a rim of a vehicle wheel, on which a pneumatic tire may be mounted comprises: at least one sensor for sensing value(s) inside the mounted pneumatic tire; a housing having a bottom side adapted to seat against a rim bed in said rim, an outer side, and an attaching side connecting said bottom side and outer side; a tire valve body having a stem projecting through an opening in the rim and a shoulder extending radially at one end said valve body, and a locking piece for engagement with said stem to secure said tire valve body to said rim; an eccentric attachment component in said shoulder, said attachment component being eccentric in respect to said stem and having a length projecting away from said shoulder in an opposite direction than said stem; and a receiving hole or receiving recess in the attaching side of said housing for receiving said eccentric attachment component, whereupon said housing is movable in a plane perpendicular to the length of said eccentric attachment component.

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Tampere, Finland

Jukka Hakanen