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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8098147 | System for monitoring the tire This invention provides a tire monitoring system, comprising a remote tire monitoring unit installed in the tire, a central controller, a speech indicating unit and a brake deceleration mechanism; wherein the remote tire monitoring unit is used to monitor and sample... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8026803 | Apparatus and process for monitoring a vehicle condition An apparatus for monitoring a vehicle condition comprises a sensor for sensing the vehicle condition and a transmitter for transmitting signals indicative of the sensed vehicle condition. The transmitted signals include a first signal set and a second signal set. A ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7999663 | Tyre provided with a device for detecting at least one functional parameter of the tyre itself, and a method for detecting at least one functional parameter in a tyre Fastened to a tire is a detecting device consisting of a detecting unit including an antenna operatively connected to a sensor unit and a power supply unit including a piezoelectric element mounted in a housing. The piezoelectric element is disposed within the housi... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7859393 | Tire sensor system and tire used for the same Electromagnetic field transmissions between a sensor unit mounted on the inside surface of a tire and a sensor control unit mounted on the vehicle body are attenuated by the wall surface of a tire disposed between the units, and sensitivity is reduced. A booster ant... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7683769 | Batteryless tire inflation pressure detecting apparatus having minimum influence on environment A batteryless tire inflation pressure detecting apparatus includes, on the body of a vehicle, antennas and a transmitter transmitting radio waves through the antennas. The apparatus also includes, on each wheel of the vehicle, a pressure sensor sensing the pressure ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7667584 | Tire administration system A tire administration system selects a frequency of a high reception probability, when a measured data request signal is transmitted from a receiver module (1) to a sensor module (3), or when a frequency of the data request signal is changed, so as to ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7586403 | Vehicle tag reader A tire sensor that communicates to a remote interrogator in one of two modes depending on the nature of the interrogation. The interrogator may be distributed throughout a vehicle if needed for design options. Further, the interrogator only interrogates the transpon... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7570157 | Method and apparatus for adjusting the pressure sensor measurement range in a tire pressure monitoring system A tire pressure monitoring system (12) for a vehicle (10) has a pressure sensor circuit (16A) that includes an ECU (95), a transmitter/receiver (90), and pressure sensor (94). A method of operating a tire pressure monitoring... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7541919 | Wireless tire pressure and temperature detecting system The present invention provides a wireless tire pressure and tire temperature detecting system, using a wireless monitoring and transmission device with a centrifugal switch. When the tire rotational speed of the car reaches a certain speed, it turns on the centrifug... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7518496 | Transmitter unit and tire condition monitoring apparatus A transmitter unit of an apparatus for monitoring the condition of a tire includes a casing having an opening defined in an end of the casing. A transmitter is received in the casing through the opening. The transmitter gathers and wirelessly transmits information r... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7518495 | Universal tire pressure monitor A universal monitor to be mounted in a tire of a vehicle, the monitor for use in a remote tire pressure monitoring system for the vehicle. The monitor includes a sensor for sensing tire pressure, and a storage device for storing a plurality of codes, each code compr... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7518497 | Wheel unit for providing data In order to determine the tire positions or wheel positions automatically while the vehicle is in operation, the attenuation along a transmission path from the tire to a fixed position on the vehicle is measured and compared with stored values. Systems of this kind ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7511608 | Tire pressure monitoring system telegram with suppressed ID A tire pressure monitoring system receiver includes a storage unit to store transmitter IDs associated with a plurality tire pressure monitoring system transmitters, a receiving unit to receive a transmitted tire pressure monitoring system telegram and a transmitted... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7446651 | Tire condition monitoring system A tire condition monitoring system monitoring a condition of a tire attached to a tire wheel, includes a tire side communication device mounted on the tire wheel for detecting an inner pressure of the tire and transmitting a result of detection by electromagnetic wa... | 11/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7425892 | Tire inflation pressure sensing apparatus with function of detecting tire location A tire inflation pressure sensing apparatus according to the invention includes a plurality of transmitters, each of which is provided on one of a plurality of wheels of a vehicle, and a receiver provided on a body of the vehicle. Each transmitter includes a pressur... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7415874 | Method and system for generating electrical energy within a vehicle tyre A tire has a piezoelectric flexing element associated with an energy storage device (e.g., a capacitor). The piezoelectric flexure element is mounted in cantilever fashion in a housing so as to be positioned substantially along a plane orthogonal to a radial directi... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7414521 | Method and device for assigning a wheel unit to its wheel position In the automotive industry that there is an increasing need for automatic tire pressure checking systems. One challenge here is to identify the positions of the tires on the vehicle. This is normally programmed-in it at the factory at the end of the production line.... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412879 | Method for monitoring tyre deformations and monitoring system therefor A method for monitoring deformations in a tire of a vehicle wheel, the wheel including the tire and a rim, the method including: providing the wheel with at least two magnetic-field emitters mutually disposed so as to yield a composite magnetic field having one or m... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7411487 | Tire-information administration system A tire-information administration system includes a plurality of sensor modules installed in tires; at least one reception module configured to receive data from the sensor modules; and a central control module configured to command the reception module to acquire d... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7411488 | Tire location detecting apparatus configured with rotation direction detecting devices and triggering device A tire location detecting apparatus for a vehicle with four wheels includes four rotation direction detecting devices, four transmitters, a triggering device, a receiver, and a controller. Each of the rotation direction detecting devices outputs a rotation direction... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408453 | Wheel-mounted tire pumping and energy generating system and method Wheel for a vehicle includes a wheel rim, a tire mounted on the wheel rim to define an inflatable interior compartment, a pump for pumping air into the compartment, and an energy generating system for generating energy upon rotation of the wheel to power the pump an... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7408454 | Tire information detecting apparatus without distortion A tire information detecting apparatus includes an interrogator which transmits an interrogation signal toward a tire in a vehicle at a transmitting timing, and receives a reply signal including tire information at a receiving timing so as to process the signals. A ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7403104 | Tire pressure monitoring system and method A method for monitoring tire pressure of a system is disclosed. The method includes the steps of detecting a signal other than that of an in-use tire pressure signals and in response to the detection of the signal, maintaining the proper reception of the in-use tire... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7397348 | Data communication apparatus with intermittent activation control circuit A data communication device includes a receiving circuit configured to receive a data signal in an active state. An intermittent activation control circuit activates the receiving circuit into the active state in a predetermined time interval. A control unit operate... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7397352 | Method and device for localizing the position of at least two emission units, especially for monitoring at least one parameter for a plurality of wheels pertaining to a motor vehicle The invention relates to a method and a device for localising the position of at least two emission units, especially for monitoring at least one parameter for a plurality of wheels pertaining to a motor vehicle. The average power of the reception signals of a centr... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7391308 | Monitoring device, transceiver system and its control method A transmitter module has a sensor module that includes a plurality of sensors and operates intermittently, a signal processor module that permits transmission of an output of the sensor module to a receiver module at given permission timings, a radio transmission mo... | 06/24/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7385485 | Smart time tire monitoring system A tire monitoring system and associated method includes a plurality of tire sensor modules configured to transmit tire data in a wireless fashion at a predetermined time interval. The system also includes a vehicle control module that is configured to receive the ti... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7385493 | Tire inflation pressure detection apparatus A tire inflation pressure detection apparatus includes a detection portion provided in a tire of a vehicle for detecting a tire inflation pressure, a transmitting portion for wirelessly transmitting a signal of a tire inflation pressure information, a receiving port... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7385492 | Tire distortion detecting method, distortion detector, sensor unit thereof, and tire having the same A tire distortion detecting method for detecting a detection of the tire during the running of a vehicle, a distortion detector, a sensor unit thereof, and a tire having the same whereby the occurrence of a deterioration can be reduced and applicability is widened t... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382239 | System and method for improving received signal strength for an in-vehicle wireless communication system An onboard wireless communication system for a vehicle, such as a tire pressure monitoring system (“TPMS”) is disclosed. The TPMS includes wheel-mounted radio frequency (“RF”) sensor/transmitters that transmit RF signals conveying tire pressure information, ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7377156 | Tire pressure monitor system with side entry pressure port A tire pressure monitor system is provided including a sensor housing forming an internal housing mount chamber. An air inlet port is formed on a housing side surface and is orientated parallel to the wheel rim rotational axis. A sensor assembly including an air pre... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7375625 | Detector for sunken condition of vehicle A sunken condition of a vehicle provided with a sensor for measuring air pressure inside a tire, a communication device that carries out wireless communications between a vehicle main body and a tire, a steering torque sensor that measures steering torque, a sensor ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373228 | Sensor ID registration method of tire air pressure monitoring apparatus In a method for providing identification registration of a tire air pressure monitoring apparatus, an external equipment receives transmission data including the sensor identification from transmitters. The external equipment identifies the transmitter that transmit... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369043 | Method and apparatus for automatically identifying the location of pressure sensors in a tire pressure monitoring system A tire pressure monitoring system (12) for a vehicle (10) has a plurality of tires (14A-D) in respective rolling locations having a respective plurality of tire transmitters (16A-D) that generate a respective plurality of transmitter iden... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369044 | Display apparatus for vehicle A display apparatus for a vehicle includes display screen having a plurality of display areas such as a tachometer display area, a speedometer display area, and an auxiliary display area. The display apparatus for a vehicle further includes a CPU for controlling ima... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7361998 | Energy harvesting for wireless sensor operation and data transmission A device for powering a load from an ambient source of energy is provided. The device includes an energy harvesting device for harvesting energy from the ambient source of energy wherein the rate energy is harvested from the ambient source of energy is below that re... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
