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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2007
Applicants:
Andreas Heise, Erzhausen, DE;
Stefan Kammann, Kelkheim, DE;
Inventors:
Andreas Heise, Erzhausen, DE;
Stefan Kammann, Kelkheim, DE;
Assignee:
Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG, Frankfurt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tire module for sensing deflection of a tire and a method of sensing deflection of the tire. The tire module includes a piezoelectric converter that is configured for installation on an inside surface of the tire. The piezoelectric converter includes at least one elastically deformable region that is formed from piezoelectric material. A deflection limiting means is configured to delimit deflection of the elastically deformable region.