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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kian Sheikh-Bahaie, Burnaby, CA;
Assignee:
Smartire Systems, Inc., Richmond, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62C 2/302 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62C 2/302 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for mounting a tire condition sensor capsule to a wheel rim comprises a housing having a receptacle having a shape complementary to the capsule to receive the capsule snugly therein, a lock on the housing, cooperating with a surface on the capsule to lock the housing to the capsule; and a connector for connecting the housing the wheel rim such that the capsule is between a portion of the wheel rim and the receptacle.