Abstract: In one aspect, a tire monitoring apparatus having a circuit board, battery, and valve body intermediate the circuit board and the battery. The valve body has an attachment end portion for connecting to a valve stem of a tire, a filling end portion, and an internal passageway to permit air to travel from the filling end portion to the attachment end portion. The circuit board has a sensor configured to detect a variable of air traveling in the internal passageway of the valve body and communication circuitry of the circuit board operable to wirelessly communicate data associated with the variable of the air. The tire monitoring apparatus further includes a support permanently encapsulating the circuit board and battery about the valve body. The support includes a structural member molded onto the valve body and an embedding member securing the circuit board and the battery to the structural member.

Abstract: The present modular attachments for surface mount tools provide apparatus for removably attaching a normally permanently mounted tool to a support surface. The attachments include a first or support structure mounted base plate and a second, tool mounted plate which engages the first plate. A tool (e.g., vise, grinder, small bench mounted drill press, etc.) is affixed to the second plate. One plate has a series of outwardly extending fingers or flanges, while the other plate has a series of slots in an inwardly extending flange. The outward fingers of one plate insert into the slots of the other plate, with the two plates being locked together when one is turned relative to the other. The modular attachments may be used for securing various types of surface mounted tools and appliances temporarily and interchangeably in place to a workbench or other work surface.