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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8188848 | Position identification system and method A position identification system and method include a receiver configured to receive an initiation signal and attenuate the initiation signal until the initiation signal is within a first predetermined range of a reference signal. A controller identifies the positio... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8183992 | Comprehensive status indicator for motor vehicle monitoring system In a tire sensor monitoring system for a motor vehicle, each of a plurality of tire sensors periodically emits an identifying signal and a parameter signal and the monitoring system receives and processes the identifying and parameter signals. A method of indicating... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183993 | Tire pressure monitor system tool with parts number database A tool for use with a tire pressure monitor system includes a storing module configured to store a plurality of communication protocols used by the tire pressure monitor system to interface with a vehicle electronic control unit, the storing module further including... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8138904 | Tire internal pressure alarm device An elastic member 11 positioned between an inner surface of a casing 2 and a front face of a pressure sensing portion 8 of a pressure sensor 1 reduces a possibility of liquid and foreign matters in a tire directly reaching the pressure se... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8130089 | Flat alert system A sensor unit and an associated transmitter unit are enclosed, or encased, within a housing, to form a monitoring device, and a thus formed monitoring device is positioned either inside or outside of each tire to be monitored. For tires that are 18 inches or smaller... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8098146 | Tire pressure monitoring system using wireless network A tire pressure monitoring using wireless network includes a remote command device and a valve-stem mountable tire pressure gauge. The tire pressure gauge includes a pressure sensor for detecting a pressure of a fluid in a tire and providing an output signal indicat... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8068018 | Confirming the presence of a run flat safety band incorporating a wireless device A run flat safety band 1 has a wireless sensor 11 incorporated therein, which can be remotely interrogated in order remotely to confirm that the safety band is fitted on a wheel 4. The sensor 11 includes a pressure and temperature sensor,... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068019 | Trailer identification system A system and method that, upon connection of a trailer to a tow vehicle, recognizes the trailer and applies a stored trailer configuration in a controller. In one embodiment, tire pressure sensors transmit RF signals that are received by the tire pressure monitoring... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8058981 | Tire pressure monitoring device with LED warning light turned on by mechanical pressure switch A tire pressure-monitoring device (TPMD) directly mounted onto an air-pumping inlet-stem on a tire. The TPMD includes a light emitter connected to a battery through an electrical connecting loop wherein the electrical connecting loop comprising a plurality of electr... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8054169 | Method of detecting a pressure loss of a tire, tire pressure monitoring system in a vehicle A method for detecting a pressure loss of a tire in a vehicle equipped with a tire pressure monitoring system. The method includes the following steps carried out in the parked state of the vehicle: deactivate the tire pressure monitoring system, which contains at l... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8040228 | Tire/wheel assembly Tire/wheel assemblies that each include a wheel with an air valve mounted thereto and a tire mounted to the wheel, and can each be equipped with an air pressure detecting unit for detecting the air pressure of the tire. A weight balance of the wheel itself is set so... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8035499 | Tire pressure monitor system module A tire pressure monitor system module provides modular products with tire pressure monitor system functionality. The tire pressure monitor system module may be added to a modular product to provide tire pressure monitor system functionality. The tire pressure monito... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8026802 | Vehicle abnormality detection method and device thereof and sensor unit thereof There is provided a vehicle abnormality detection method detecting an abnormal state in which a high temperature occurs due to maladjustment of a vehicle bearing mechanism section or vehicle brake mechanism section, and a device thereof and a sensor unit thereof. By... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8013724 | Tire-pressure control apparatus A tire-pressure control apparatus includes time calculation means for calculating an up time over which the tire pressure of each wheel increases from a lower limit set value to an upper limit set value and a down time over which the tire pressure of the wheel decre... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7994904 | System for automatically recognizing locations of respective tires A system for automatically recognizing the locations of respective tires includes tire sensors, startup antennas, and a control unit. Locations of the respective tire sensors can be recognized based information of which antenna is involved and whether signals transm... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7986222 | Tire position identification system and method A tire position identification system and method include a transmitter that is configured to send an initiation signal. A receiver is configured to receive the initiation signal and attenuate the initiation signal until the initiation signal is within a first predet... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7969292 | Tire air pressure measuring apparatus which reduces the probability of false warnings A tire pressure measuring apparatus provides a warning of an error of a tire air pressure measuring module only when it is not that determined a vehicle stops and also any on of receivers has not received an air pressure data signal for an error determining duration... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7969293 | Integrated read station for a wheel-mounted vehicle A read station and method for a vehicle includes a support pad for admitting and exiting a vehicle onto an upper pad surface; two or more data-receiving systems, one or both of such systems receiving a data transmission from a vehicle situated on the read station pa... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7952472 | In-vehicle device and vehicular combined control system A vehicular combined control system has functions of a smart entry system and a TPMS. A smart ECU turns on the output of a voltage signal terminal intermittently or in response to a given trigger. When the output of the voltage signal terminal turns on, a RF receive... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7948364 | Method and apparatus for determining identifiable tire position location in a tire pressure monitoring system A method for identifying tire location including the steps of transmitting a low frequency signal at different power levels and receiving radio frequency identification signals. Tire identification and location based on low frequency power level for two tire transmi... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7944347 | Apparatus for accelerating sensor reading upon start-up Apparatus for monitoring one or more motor vehicle tire conditions includes a receiver for intercepting signals from sensors mounted on the tires, a processor for identifying, converting, evaluating and storing said sensor signals, a keypad for selecting sensor data... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944346 | Data gathering system for fleet management A system for a vehicle fleet management comprises a transponder (1) located in the interior of a tire (2) or being integrated into a tire (2); a control unit (3) installed at the vehicle, the control unit (3) being configured to be... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7940164 | Method for programming new sensor in a motor vehicle monitoring system Data transmitted from a newly installed tire sensor is integrated into monitoring apparatus having data from previously integrated tire sensors stored therein. Each of the newly installed and previously integrated tire sensors periodically transmits a unique identif... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7928838 | Wheel electronics and tire control system for measuring a measurand Wheel Electronics and Tire Control System for Measuring a Measurand is provided. The wheel electronics may include a receiving device for picking up and digitizing an amplitude-modulated request signal, which has a carrier frequency for encoding a request, having a ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7924147 | Tyre pressure monitoring apparatus A tire pressure monitoring system comprises an initiator which is arranged to transmit an initiation signal, and at least one corresponding transducer associated with a tire of the vehicle which responds to exposure of the initiation signal from the initiator and is... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7916010 | Method and system for associating a tire pressure sensor to a wheel location in an intitiator based tire pressure monitoring system A method and system for eliminating cross talk in a tire pressure monitoring system that ranks potential sensor identifications based on the number of times the sensors respond to an initiator. Upon determination of a sufficient separation between second and third r... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7911332 | Wheel having a controlled pressure and a pressure reservoir A wheel having a controlled pressure includes a rim associated with a tank adapted to be filled with a fluid to a first pressure; a tire mounted on the rim and having an inner volume inflated to an operating pressure at a reference temperature, the operating pressur... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7889064 | Combined tire pressure gauge and remote tire pressure display A combined tire pressure gauge and remote tire pressure display includes a port adapted to couple to a vehicle tire valve stem and to open a valve in the valve stem; a chamber in physical communication with the port; a local pressure transducer in the chamber for de... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7884706 | Capacitive pressure sensor A capacitive pressure sensor comprises a pair of conductive plates surrounding a compressible dielectric to form a capacitor. Changes in pressure create changes in the capacitance of the capacitor which in turn may be measured to determine the changes in pressure. T... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7884707 | Tire pressure monitor system tool with parts number database A tire pressure monitor system tool is capable of communicating with a plurality of tire pressure monitor systems. The tool includes a storing module that stores a plurality of communication protocols that are used for enabling the tool to communicate with a tire pr... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7880600 | Capacitive pressure sensor A capacitive pressure sensor comprises a pair of conductive plates surrounding a compressible dielectric to form a capacitor. Changes in pressure create changes in the capacitance of the capacitor, which in turn may be measured to determine the changes in pressure. ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7839274 | Tire risk judging device of wheel assembly for vehicle A tire risk judging device of a wheel assembly for a vehicle includes a pressure sensor detecting air pressure of a tire air chamber, an air pressure-generating device that can supply pressurized air to the tire air chamber, an electronic control unit, and an instru... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7839273 | Vehicle interactive electronic wireless air pressure system's information: “VIEW A PSI” A vehicle tire communication and information system for viewing air psi and other characteristics that affects psi in a tire includes un-obstructive sensors embedded in a silicon substrate and etched in a re-enforced micro-fibered material to enable excellent detect... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7817023 | Wheel information acquiring system Acquired wheel information such as temperature data and inflation pressure data is surely transmitted from a transmitter in a status where the transmitter is not located in a dead space, by controlling timing wherein the transmitter acquires the wheel information, a... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7817024 | Vehicle tire warning system An air pressure sensor (2) for a vehicle tire warning system includes a tubular housing (21) defining a chamber (218), an air pressure actuating device seated in the chamber and being moveable back and forth in the chamber in response to air pre... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7808373 | Receptor of tire pressure monitoring system for vehicles The present invention relates to a receptor of tire pressure monitoring system for vehicles. The receptor consists of a wiring substrate board of which is equipped with a radio-frequency receptor, a micro controller, a liquid crystal display, a vibration monitor and... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7800487 | Method, apparatus and program for alarming decrease in tire-pressure It is the purpose of the present invention to provide a method, apparatus and program for alarming decrease in tire air-pressure capable of precisely detecting decrease in tire air-pressure even during turning round a corner with a large bank angle. The prese... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7791460 | Tire pressure monitoring system with reliable wireless communication between wheel-based transceivers and vehicle body-based transceiver According to the present invention, there is provided a tire pressure monitoring system that includes a first transceiver provided on a body of a vehicle and a second transceiver provided on a wheel of the vehicle. The first transceiver transmits a request signal co... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7791461 | Tire management system with data demanding signal and tire status value transmitting at different cycles A tire management system includes a sensor module secured to inside of a tire that is mounted on a vehicle, for measuring a tire state value and transmitting the measured data to the vehicle side, and a receiver module secured to the vehicle side for transmitting a ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7764168 | Tire pressure monitoring system with a capped tire valve The present invention is a tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) with a capped tire valve. The system includes a baseplate, a signal transmitter, a cap, and an antenna. The antenna is assembled at the bottom of the baseplate, and also positioned outside the connect... | 07/27/2010 |
