US 12,235,149 B2
Vehicle wheel with monitoring device and monitoring device for vehicle wheels
John Evan Bunner, Commerce, MI (US); and Ralf Duning, Solingen (DE)
Assigned to Maxion Wheels Holding GmbH, Königswinter (DE)
Appl. No. 17/634,581
Filed by Maxion Wheels Holding GmbH, Königswinter (DE)
PCT Filed Sep. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/058383
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 11, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/048761, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20 2019 104 976.6 (DE), filed on Sep. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0283016 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G01G 19/12 (2006.01); G01L 1/22 (2006.01); G01L 5/1623 (2020.01); G01L 5/163 (2020.01)
CPC G01G 19/12 (2013.01) [G01L 1/2206 (2013.01); G01L 5/1623 (2020.01); G01L 5/163 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Vehicle wheel with monitoring device, the monitoring device comprising: a housing which is arranged on a rim part of the vehicle wheel and jointly rotatably with the rim part of the vehicle wheel, an electronic circuit which is arranged in the housing and is coupled to a load detection device which is arranged in the housing and has strain gauges for detecting forces acting on the vehicle wheel, and a transceiver which is coupled to the electronic circuit for transmitting the load data detected with the load detection device to components outside the vehicle wheel, wherein 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 of the two 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 two fastening zones for detecting the deformation of the at least one bending strut caused by load forces, wherein the housing has a cavity spanned by housing walls for encapsulated reception of the electronic circuit, the at least one bending strut being positioned within the cavity.