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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2005
Filed:
May. 15, 2001
Applicant:
Antoine Gautier, Saint Cloud, FR;
Inventor:
Antoine Gautier, Saint Cloud, FR;
Assignee:
Labinal, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C023/02 ; B60C023/06 ; B60B037/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A wheel assembly includes a wheel having a rim which is adapted to receive a tire. The wheel carries a sensor for measuring pressure inside the tire. The wheel is mounted so as to rotate around a spindle. In addition a communication device is located between the sensor and a device which is associated with the spindle for using measurements that are performed by the sensor. The communication device comprises a radio transmission device which includes a rotary antenna carried by the wheel and a fixed antenna that is carried by the spindle.