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Wheel-speed tone ring apparatus

US10613111B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11References

20Claims

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Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Joe L. Buchwitz · Huntington Woods, US
John Wesley Stanley · Belleville, US
Mark Riches · San Diego, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 3, 2017
Grant date	Apr 7, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 9, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB62D7/18
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Example apparatus are disclosed for a wheel-speed tone ring apparatus. An example apparatus includes an axle of a vehicle, and a tone ring coupled to the axle, the tone ring having teeth distributed about a peripheral edge of the tone ring, each tooth having a ramp-shaped surface to be sensed by a wheel speed sensor as the tone ring rotates with the axle.

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