Alligator Ventilfabrik Gmbh

Rolf Reinhardt

Volker Gabelmann

In a tire valve ( ) for the rim (Q) of a pneumatic tire on a vehicle having a valve body ( ) which includes a longitudinal bore ( ) and which comprises rigid, in particular metal material with a valve base ( ) which is arranged at one end and which has an annular shoulder ( ) projecting radially from the valve body ( ), the valve body ( ) is connected at a spacing to a coaxial valve sleeve ( ) by an intermediate tube ( ) of elastic material and the valve sleeve ( ) can be inclined limitedly with respect to the longitudinal axis (A) of the tire valve ( ). The valve sleeve is to comprise rigid material&mdash;in particular a metal material&mdash;; the intermediate tube ( ) bears clampingly at one end against a hollow shank ( ) of the valve body ( ) and at the other end surrounds the end region of the valve sleeve ( ), which is in adjacent relationship at a spacing (u).

Tire valve for the rim of a pneumatic tire on a vehicle

In an apparatus for measuring the tire pressure in a pneumatic tire of a vehicle by means of a measurement value sensor, which is acted upon by the tire pressure, on the rim bed (12) of a rim (10), which accommodates a tire valve (20), for the pneumatic tire, connected to the tire valve (20) is a signal housing (44) which is associated with the rim bed (12) and which includes an electronic sender means as the measurement value sensor for the tire pressure. The signal housing (44) is connected to the tire valve (20) by a hollow screw (40) which engages into the valve bore (28) and is adjustable relative thereto in such a way that the tire valve/signal housing combination can be used for equipping different rim cross-sections. That purpose is also served by base elements (52) which project from the underneath surface of the signal housing (44) and which sit on the rim bed (12) and which with the suspension point on the screw (40) form a multi-point mounting configuration.

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Giengen/Brenz, Germany

Rolf Reinhardt