Wheel unit and method for activating a wheel unit

US6870471B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Nikolas Bergerhoff · Regensburg, DE
• Martin Fischer · Gleichen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 24, 2002
• Grant date: Mar 22, 2005
• Expiry date: Feb 24, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60C23/0416
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A wheel unit (E1, E2, E3, E4) for a system for monitoring the wheels (R1, R2, R3, R4) of a motor vehicle (10) for error states, in particular for incorrect tire inflation pressures comprises that it can be activated by touching a wheel component, in particular with a hand.