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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7589620 | Axle end equipment for a vehicle, in particular an aircraft The invention relates to axle end equipment for a vehicle, in particular an aircraft, the equipment comprising a stationary portion for securing to the axle and a rotary portion for securing to the wheel carried by the axle. According to the invention, the rotary po... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7432801 | System and method for detecting a rapid leak from a tire A method of detecting a rapid leak of gas contained in an automobile tire based on periodic measurements of a pressure Pa and a temperature Ta of the gas. The method includes determining a reference pressure Pcref, calculating an alarm threshold pressure Sref from t... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7397353 | Wireless tire pressure and/or wheel speed sensing system for aircraft A wireless tire pressure sensing system for an aircraft comprises: dual resonant circuits mounted to a wheel of the aircraft, each resonant circuit comprising: a variable capacitance sensor and a wire loop of a predetermined inductance coupled thereto, one capacitan... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7392119 | Method and device for locating the position, on the right or on the left, of a wheel of a vehicle A method and device for locating the position, on the right or on the left, of a vehicle wheel. The wheel is equipped with two magnetic sensors having axes of maximum sensitivity lying in a plane that is secant to the axis of rotation of the wheel and which are offs... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7388478 | Apparatus for detecting tire inflation pressure A sensor detects values of inflation pressure of a tire of a vehicle one after another. A controller calculates, from the values of the tire inflation pressure, a deflation rate at which the tire is deflating per unit time. When the deflation rate is higher than a f... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7363806 | Tire parameter monitoring system with inductive power source A battery-less tire parameter sensor system for monitoring a vehicle tire parameter such as pressure and temperature. A sensor assembly has a power system, a processor/transmitter, a sensor, and a power coil mounted on a substrate. This assembly is mounted on or in ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362218 | Motion detection using a shock sensor in a remote tire pressure monitoring system A tire monitor for mounting to a vehicle as part of a remote tire monitoring system includes a tire condition sensor to produce a tire condition signal, a controller coupled to the tire condition sensor to control operation of the tire monitor, and a radio circuit c... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7331240 | Apparatus and method for connecting vehicle wheel sensors to a controller The present invention relates to a vehicle wheel sensor apparatus and a method that determine if a vehicle wheel sensor is active or passive, while efficiently providing the necessary connectivity, power, and communication between the sensor and a controller, withou... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333022 | Safety monitoring mechanism of a wafer fabrication platform A safety monitoring mechanism of a wafer fabrication platform is disclosed. The mechanism comprises a vibration sensor mounted at the loading apparatus of the wafer fabrication platform for detecting vibration generated during the operation of the loading apparatus;... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325448 | Pneumatic-tire-use electronic-device fixing system, and electronic-device housing apparatus A pneumatic-tire-use electronic-device fixing system according to the present invention includes: an electronic-device housing apparatus 30, which houses the electronic device, and which includes an engaging convex portion 32 that is convex; and an ele... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327244 | Valve device with pressure alarm for tire A valve device includes a metal tube fixed to a tire rim of a vehicle. A valve is mounted in an end of an air passageway of the metal tube. A transmitter includes two switches respectively connected to two contact members fixed on the metal tube. A Bourdon tube incl... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7320247 | Tire pressure detection side receiving circuit and tire monitor system provided therewith A tire pressure detection side receiving circuit includes an antenna resonance circuit having an antenna, a capacitor and a coil, a capacitance changing circuit for changing a capacitance of the capacitor, an oscillation circuit capable of imparting a test wave to t... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7319380 | Device for the monitoring and wireless signaling of a pressure or a change of pressure in pneumatic tires A system for the monitoring and wireless signaling of a pressure or a change of pressure in pneumatic tires on vehicles, comprising wheel electronics that are disposed inside the pneumatic tire and are provided with a battery as a power source, with a pressur... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316159 | Tire information detecting device A tire information detecting device includes detecting means for detecting a state quantity in a tire, transmitting means for transmitting a signal outputted from the detecting means, receiving means for receiving the signal transmitted from the transmitting means, ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7312698 | Magnetic transmitter and receiver for a tire pressure monitoring system A vehicle tire pressure monitoring system and method is provided, the system including a tire pressure transducer affixed to either the tire or wheel of a vehicle. An electromagnet system is in electrical communication with the tire pressure transducer, the electrom... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7289022 | Communication system and method for communicating between a tire/wheel assembly and a vehicle body A communication system for communicating between a tire/wheel assembly and a body of a vehicle of a construction in which the tire/wheel assembly is supported by the vehicle body, has a i) wheel-side communication device that is mounted to the tire/wheel assembly an... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7268678 | Device for localizing a wheel electronics unit in a motor vehicle A receiving antenna with a rigid directional pattern, that is to say with an anisotropic receiving sensitivity of the receiving antenna, is used for localizing a wheel electronics unit in a wheel of the motor vehicle. Suitable evaluation of the received electromagne... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7259663 | Wheel state adjustment system and method thereof A pressure detection sensor for detecting a tire internal air pressure and a wheel side communication device for transmitting a detection result of the pressure detection sensor using a preset transmission mode are provided on each wheel. The detection result from t... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7256505 | Shaft mounted energy harvesting for wireless sensor operation and data transmission A device for monitoring a rotating shaft is provided. The device measures strain in the shaft and provides angular velocity and torque in the shaft. The device includes a sensor, sensor conditioning circuitry, a microprocessor, and a transmitter, all located on a ro... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7251993 | Tire information communication system A tire information communication system mounted on a vehicle includes a tire-pressure detector mounted on a tire wheel for detecting a pressure of a tire and transmitting a result of detection, a tire monitor mounted on a vehicle body for obtaining information about... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7248953 | Wheel-state obtaining apparatus, and vehicle-state obtaining apparatus A wheel-state obtaining apparatus for a vehicle, including wheel-side devices (10–16) each having an air pressure sensor (32) for detecting an air pressure of a wheel tire of the vehicle, and a body-side device (18) having receiver antennas ( | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245208 | Tire condition detecting system and method A tire condition detecting system has transmitters and a receiver. The transmitter is installed in a plurality of wheels and the receiver is installed in a chassis of a vehicle. The receiver has a controller which determines transmission timings in which a transmitt... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7239287 | Wireless communication device having conductive elements antenna An antenna coupled to a wireless communication device that is comprised of a series of conductive elements that form a conductor when placed under a force. The conductor is coupled to a wireless communication device to provide an antenna so that the wireless communi... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239232 | Temperature sensing device for rotatably moving parts and temperature detection method therefor A magnetic temperature sensing device for rotatably moving parts, of the type including at least a magnetic field source element associated to the rotatably moving part and a magnetic field sensing element associated with a fixed part to measure parameters of a magn... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7205885 | Tire sensor communication system A wheel sensor communication system (10) includes a primary coil (30) and a secondary coil (32), which operate as an electromagnetic transformer which is uncoupled mechanically but coupled electrically through a vehicle wheel assembly rotational... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7202777 | Tire condition monitoring system A tire condition monitoring system is composed of a detector installed in each tire, a transmitter positioned in the vicinity of each tire, and a monitor communicating with the transmitters and the detectors. An initiation signal for initiating operation of the dete... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7202778 | Wireless tire pressure sensing system A wireless tire pressure sensing system for an aircraft comprises: dual resonant circuits mounted to a wheel of the aircraft, each resonant circuit comprising: a variable capacitance sensor and a wire loop of a predetermined inductance coupled thereto, one capacitan... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7188638 | Damage resistant valve assembly A tire air pressure valve assembly is described that has an air sealing surface disposed toward or inside the metal wheel of a vehicle, and a protective housing surrounding a portion of the valve. The valve has an external stem with a built in break away feature whi... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190319 | Wave antenna wireless communication device and method A wireless communication device coupled to a wave antenna that provides greater increased durability and impedance matching. The wave antenna may be in the form of a polygonal, elliptical curve and/or coil shape. The wireless communication device is coupled to the w... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7180410 | Annular wire antenna and transponder apparatus method of assembly An antenna conductor is electrically coupled to a transponder and antenna conductor ends are spliced. The antenna conductor and the transponder are formed into a ring assembly and at least partially embedded within an adhesive material. The annular assembly affixes ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7168306 | Tire air pressure detection system A tire air pressure detection system having a transmitter provided at each of a plurality of wheels provided with tires and sending out a detection signal corresponding to the air pressure of the tire attached to the corresponding wheel and a receiver provided at th... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7161476 | Electronic tire management system An electronic tire maintenance system is provided for measuring a parameter of a device at a first location. The system includes a sensor for measuring the device parameter and generating a data signal representing the measured parameter. The system also includes a ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7145446 | Transponder for tire condition monitoring apparatus A transponder for a tire condition monitoring apparatus is provided. The transponder detects a condition of a tire and wirelessly transmits data representing the detected condition in response to radio waves having a field intensity equal to or greater than a predet... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7132939 | Integrated self-powered tire revolution counter A self-powered tire revolution counter includes a motion sensitive power generation mechanism, a power conditioner, a pulse detector, a microcontroller, and, optionally, a radio frequency (RF) transmitting device. In one exemplary embodiment, the power generation me... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7132930 | Monitoring device and tire combination The invention provides a monitoring device and tire combination wherein an antenna is mounted to the tire in a location spaced from the monitoring device. In one embodiment, the antenna may be mounted to the tire sidewall outside the body cords of the tire. The ante... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7119670 | Tire pressure monitoring system In the system for monitoring tire pressure in a tire of a vehicle, temporally successive tire pressure measured values are sensed by a transmitting unit, and at least part of the tire pressure measured values is transmitted to a receiving unit with a variable freque... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116217 | Transmitter and receiver for tire condition monitoring apparatus In an internal memory of a reception controller such as, for example, a ROM, a correction table is stored for correcting air pressure data. The reception controller receives a signal representing vehicle speed from a speedometer of the vehicle. The reception control... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7102499 | Electronic device for a tire having an extensible antenna An electronic communication device for a tire includes a radio device and an antenna intended to be attached to or embedded in a tire, the antenna being spirally or helically shaped to absorb tensile and bending stress applied by the tire. The antenna body may be a ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7098780 | Device for fixing a tire monitoring system module to a wheel A device for fixing to a wheel a module intended to measure and transmit to a receiver, in particular by radio link, at least one quantity characteristic of the state of a tire mounted on the wheel, in particular its inflation pressure, comprising connecting means r... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7088226 | Method and apparatus for a remote tire pressure monitoring system A tire characteristic monitoring method allows automatic programming of tire position information in a remote tire pressure monitoring system (10). The method includes, from a remotely located exciter (16) using a primary coil (18) to transmit a... | 08/08/2006 |
