An apparatus includes a rim, a tire, and an energy harvesting component. The rim is configured to rotate and move. The tire is coupled to the rim. The tire when inflated is configured to transfer force to the rim resulting from compressive force acting on a portion of the tire making contact with a road. The energy harvesting component is positioned on the rim and configured to capture a kinetic energy in response to the compressive force acting on the portion of the tire making contact with the road as the rim rotates.

An in-tire vehicle tire sensor assembly is adapted for residing inside a pneumatic tire mounted on a wheel rim of a motor vehicle. A flexible mounting cable is secured to the sensor assembly, and adapted for extending circumferentially within an annular space formed between the tire and wheel rim. A counterweight is secured to the mounting cable a spaced distance from the sensor assembly.

A connector to connect electric circuits inside and outside the tire includes: a tubular terminal penetrating the connector attachment hole; an outer seal member surrounding outside the tubular terminal and elastically deformed by being pressed against a tire wheel to provide a seal between the tire wheel and the tubular terminal; an inner seal member filled inside the tubular terminal; one or more rod-shaped terminals penetrating the inner seal member; a plurality of communication holes formed at a plurality of positions in a circumferential direction in an intermediate portion in an axial direction of the tubular terminal; and a plurality of seal communication portions integrally formed with one or both of the outer seal member and the inner seal member and arranged in the plurality of communication holes to transmit, to the inner seal member, elastic force toward the tubular terminal by the elastic deformation of the outer seal member.

A pressure sensing assembly configured to be attached to a bicycle wheel having a tire and a rim mounted to the tire. The pressure sensing assembly includes a housing, a pressure transmitting member, a sensing chamber defined by the housing and the pressure transmitting member, and a sensing element. The pressure transmitting member is coupled the housing and has a central portion offset from the plane in a first direction. The sensing element is offset from the plane in a second direction opposite the first direction. The pressure transmitting member is configured to transmit a pressure in the tire to the sensing element via the sensing chamber.

An inflation viewing device has a main body which is externally provided with a transparent viewing portion and internally provided with an inner passage where an air path assembly is arranged. An air entrance connector is operatively connected to an external air source and to a first end of the main body. An air exit connector is connected to a second, opposed end of the main body and to an inflation valve. A guide spacer is provided between the air entrance connector and the main body. The guide spacer has an inner passage having a wider section in communication with the inner passage of the main body and a reduced section defining a communication opening with the air entrance connector. A filter is arranged in the communication opening. A plunger, biased by a spring, is slidably arranged within the inner passage of the guide spacer and guide section of the main body inner passage.

The present invention relates to a monitoring device (100) comprising at least one measuring device with a temperature sensor unit (110) for wheel hub temperature and/or with a tire-pressure sensor unit (1501) and comprising a transmitting unit (115). The tire-pressure sensor unit (1501) is designed to sense a tire pressure of at least one wheel tire of a wheel of the vehicle; more particularly, the tire-pressure sensor unit (1501) is designed to draw electrical energy from the transmitting unit (115), which is external to the tire-pressure sensor unit (1501) and/or is fastened such that the transmitting unit can be spontaneously detached, or to output sensed data to the transmitting unit, and the tire-pressure sensor unit (1501) has a fastening apparatus, which is designed to detachably frictionally attach the tire-pressure sensor unit (1501), in a fastening position, to one or more portions of a wheel hub (120) of the wheel, a hub sleeve (130) of the wheel, a wheel rim (122) and/or a wheel nut (200) of the vehicle. Furthermore, the monitoring device (100) comprises the transmitting unit (115), which can be frictionally attached or fitted onto the wheel hub (120) of the wheel or onto the wheel rim (122) such that the transmitting unit can be spontaneously detached; more particularly, the transmitting unit (115) is designed to wirelessly transmit a sensor signal representing the tire pressure and/or the wheel hub temperature, so that the tire pressure and/or the wheel hub temperature can be monitored.

An in-tire vehicle tire sensor assembly is adapted for residing inside a pneumatic tire mounted on a wheel rim of a motor vehicle. A flexible mounting cable is secured to the sensor assembly, and adapted for extending circumferentially within an annular space formed between the tire and wheel rim. A counterweight is secured to the mounting cable a spaced distance from the sensor assembly.

A vehicle wheel with monitoring device, and a monitoring device, comprising a housing which is arranged rotatably with a rim part of the vehicle wheel, an electronic circuit which is arranged in the housing and is coupled to a load detection device arranged in the housing and having strain gauges for detecting forces acting on the vehicle wheel. In order to create a monitoring device which is easy to install on different vehicle wheels and which can reliably determine the load forces occurring on the vehicle wheel, the housing has two fastening zones which are spaced apart from one another and which are connected to one another via at least one bending strut connected to both fastening zones as a component of the load detection device, at least one pair of strain gauges being arranged on the bending strut between the fastening zones for detecting the bending of the bending strut caused by load forces.

The invention described tires resisting temperature over 180 degrees Fahrenheit, using both pneumatic and non-pneumatic properties in conjunction to support the integrity of the tire on pneumatic rims where the tire's main sections are the two beads, the air pocket, the elastomeric flection design, shear band, and the tread. A premium tire assembly comprising of elastomeric and flexible properties, which supports the pneumatic air pocket and is reasonably secured onto the rim with circularly radial beads. The said tire uses elastic and flexible properties to support the load of the vehicle instead of using pneumatic properties alone. All of the sections are joined by a framework. The elastomeric flection and pneumatic air pocket combination technology alone makes Hybrid Tires unique and revolutionary.

The invention relates to a system (1) for measuring at least one physical characteristic for a pneumatic assembly (21), comprising a device (9) for detecting the physical characteristic, a device (11) for wireless transmission of values representing the measurements obtained by the detection device (9), a one-way fluid passage device (13) for inflating the pneumatic assembly (21), and a source (15) of electrical energy. According to the invention, the measuring system (1) comprises an electrically conductive metal body (3) closed by a cover (5) made of material transparent to the waves of the wireless transmission device (11), allowing the body (3) to be used as a receptacle which provides for stable positioning, the transmission of electrical energy, and the mechanical protection of the devices (9, 11) of the measuring system (1) while allowing wireless transmission through the cover (5) of values representing the measurements obtained by the detection device (9).