A vehicle wheel supporting rolling bearing unit includes a bearing part having a stationary side bearing ring member which is supported and fixed to a suspension device and non-rotatable in a use state and a rotation side bearing ring member which is coupled and fixed to a vehicle wheel and rotate together with the vehicle wheel, an electric generator which generates electric power to be supplied to a sensor provided on the vehicle wheel, a battery which stores the electric power generated by the electric generator, and a wireless communication device which wirelessly communicates an output signal of the sensor with an electronic equipment arranged on a vehicle body side. The stator is supported and fixed to the stationary side bearing ring member, and the rotor, the battery and the wireless communication device are supported and fixed to the rotation side bearing ring member.
VEHICLE WHEEL SUPPORTING ROLLING BEARING UNIT
2018-10-18
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60B VEHICLE WHEELS , Räder für Fahrzeuge / H02K Dynamoelektrische Maschinen , DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES / H02J CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER , Schaltungsanordnungen oder Systeme für die Abgabe oder Verteilung elektrischer Leistung / B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / F16C SHAFTS , Wellen / H01Q Antennen , ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS |