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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8085141 | Self-diagnostic switch A self-diagnostic acoustic wave touch actuated switch assembly includes a substrate having an acoustic wave cavity, a transducer operatively connected to the acoustic wave cavity, a processing unit, and at least one light emitting member operatively connected to the... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7688191 | Wheel lifted and grounded identification for an automotive vehicle A control system (18) for an automotive vehicle (10) has a first roll condition detector (64A), a second roll condition detector (64B), a third roll condition detector (64C), and a controller (26) that uses the roll conditio... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7602279 | Wheel lifted and grounded identification for an automotive vehicle A control system (18) for an automotive vehicle (10) has a first roll condition detector (64A), a second roll condition detector (64B), a third roll condition detector (64C), and a controller (26) that uses the roll conditio... | 10/13/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7412312 | System for automatically determining a public transport vehicle emergency braking characteristics, in particular of a railway vehicle A system for automatically determining a public transport vehicle emergency braking characteristics, in particular of a railway vehicle, includes elements (1) for measuring the vehicle speed, elements (2) for measuring the distance travelled by it, and... | 08/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7391306 | Method and device for detecting tyre wear or the like When the tire reaches a limit of wear level, tire wear indicators generate an acoustic signal by knocking the ground. Magnetic, optical and mechanical versions exist. A detector made of a microphone located under the vehicle and a processing central unit swit... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 7340368 | Determination of dynamic axle loads and/or wheel loads of a wheel vehicle For determination of dynamic axle and/or wheel loads of a wheel vehicle (20), wherein for said wheel vehicle (20), at least two linear transversally oriented with respect to each other accelerations and three rotation rates of a rotation movement aroun... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336161 | Tire pressure monitoring system A tire pressure monitoring system for the wheels of a motor vehicle determines the position of each wheel. ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7333008 | Tire deflation warning system and method thereof, and judgment program of tire with reduced pressures A tire deflation warning system having a means for detecting the rotational speeds of wheels on a vehicle and a means for judging tires with reduced air pressure from the rotational speed information of the wheels including a means for judging whether driving force ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7327243 | Method for warning deflation of tires and system thereof, and judgment program of deflation of tires A method for warning deflation of tires which can detect the deflation of 2 wheels at the same axle including a following axle, the simultaneous deflation of 4 wheels or the abrasion of tires only by the information of wheel speeds is provided. The method comprises ... | 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 |
| 7323975 | Tire pressure monitoring system and method therefor A tire pressure monitoring system for a vehicle with at least one tire includes at least one pressure sensor adapted for sensing pressure inside the at least one tire. The system also includes at least one indicator adapted to communicate a stop signal indicating th... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323976 | Wheel lifted and grounded identification for an automotive vehicle A control system (18) for an automotive vehicle (10) has a first roll condition detector (64A), a second roll condition detector (64B), a third roll condition detector (64C), and a controller (26) that uses the roll conditio... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319381 | Signal receiving apparatus A signal receiving apparatus includes a receiving circuit board having a signal receiving circuit formed on one side of an insulating substrate, a wide conductive pattern formed on the other side of the insulating substrate that faces a forming position of the signa... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7313953 | System for controlling a vehicle wheel tyre pressure The system comprises a control unit (17), and, on each wheel, a pressure sensor (12) and an emitter (13) in order to transmit to the control unit (17) a pressure signal comprising data for identification of the sensor, and means (17 | 01/01/2008 |
| 7301446 | Method of detecting undersized, oversized, underinflated or overinflated tires A method of detecting the presence of an undersized, e.g., mini-spare, or an underinflated, oversized or overinflated tire or tires on a passenger motor vehicle improves operation of traction control, stability and anti-lock brake systems by compensating for such op... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7289021 | Apparatus and method for attaching an annular transponder unit to tire Apparatus and method in the use thereof attaches an annular transponder unit to an annular tire surface, the transponder unit being of a type having a sensor housing coupled to an annular antenna. The apparatus includes a rotary turntable for supportably rotating a ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7250851 | Method for locating sensors mounted each on a vehicle wheel Each sensor is provided with an emitter and the vehicle is provided with a corresponding receiver adapted to receive signals emitted by each sensor. The receiver is provided with at least one antenna disposed such that it is not located substantially equidistantly f... | 07/31/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7197388 | Roll stability control system for an automotive vehicle using an external environmental sensing system A roll stability control system (18) for an automotive vehicle (10) includes an external environment sensing system, such as a camera-based vision system, or a radar, lidar or sonar-based sensing system (43) that generates image, radar, lidar, a... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7196616 | Tire pressure warning device with adjustable tire pressure setting A tire pressure warning device with adjustable pressure setting includes a case divided into a lower and an upper chamber and having a shoulder portion formed near a top thereof; a valve structure mounted in the lower chamber of the case; a membrane, a bushing, a pu... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7176786 | Method of isolating data in a power line communications network The present invention provides isolation between a power line local area network and another network such as a power line wide area network. In one embodiment of the present invention, a filter device is installed on the power line supplying power to a structure in ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173521 | Tire air pressure warning system and method for warning against tire air pressure To issue a warning against an improper (a lowered) air pressure in accordance with a vehicle state and driver's presence/absence, the warning system includes air pressure measuring means for measuring an air pressure of a tire of a vehicle; air pressure judging mean... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7148793 | Tire parameter sensing system having auto-location feature and associated method A tire parameter sensing system (12) for a vehicle (10) having a plurality of tires (16, 18, 20, 22) comprises a plurality of tire-based units (34, 36, 38, 40). Each tire-based unit (34, 36, 38, 40) being configured to receive init... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7132937 | Wheel lift identification for an automotive vehicle using passive and active detection A control system (18) and method for an automotive vehicle (10) used for detecting lift of a wheel includes a passive wheel lift detector (58) that generates a passive wheel lift signal, an active wheel lift detector (60) that generates a... | 11/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7109856 | Wheel lifted and grounded identification for an automotive vehicle A control system (18) for an automotive vehicle (10) has a first roll condition detector (64A), a second roll condition detector (64B), a third roll condition detector (64C), and a controller (26) that uses the roll conditio... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104614 | Method and system for preventing rollover of a vehicle train A method and system for preventing rollover of a vehicle train comprising a tractor vehicle and a trailer vehicle. A control system is provided in the tractor vehicle which automatically initiates actuation of the braking system of the tractor vehicle and/or of the ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7091841 | Tire electronics assembly having a multi-frequency antenna A tire assembly with integrated electronic components includes a tire structure and an integrated electronics assembly, which preferably includes at least a radio frequency (RF) device and a multi-frequency antenna that enables wireless communication in at least fir... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7084751 | System and method of facilitating training of a tire pressure monitoring system on a vehicle A system for facilitating training of a tire pressure monitoring system on a vehicle by providing an indication to the exterior of the vehicle. The system includes a receiver circuit configured to detect a wireless message including a tire sensor identifier, a memor... | 08/01/2006 |
