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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8188849 | Method and device for displaying, in a motor vehicle, the value of a parameter To display a temperature value in a passenger compartment (5), it is proposed to use a luminous pointer that is moved along a row of modules (7a, 7b . . . ) that are on or off. Values (9a, 9b . . . ) of ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8044784 | Sun protection system for automotive vehicle A sun protection system for a transportation vehicle has plurality of LCD zones laminated into one or more glazings of the vehicle. An occupant sensor detects an expanse of at least one occupant in the vehicle. A navigation system determines a vehicle location, a da... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7652562 | Vehicle temperature warning system and method A temperature warning system for a heavy-duty vehicle, having at least one axle formed with an inner diameter. The axle includes a pair of spindle ends, and a wheel end assembly rotatably mounted on each spindle end. A thermal switch is disposed in the inner diamete... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7528708 | Variation detection device, data communication apparatus, and method of detecting variation A variation detection device has a processor, an AD converter converting a signal voltage output from a sensor to generate an AD converted value and outputting the AD converted value to the processor, a temperature sensor detecting a temperature of the sensor, and a... | 05/05/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7417531 | Technique for monitoring a tire condition of a vehicle A control system is employed in a vehicle to assist a user to operate the vehicle effectively and safely. In accordance with the invention, the system provides driving assistance to the user by taking into account the user's physical condition, the vehicle condition... | 08/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7405651 | Operating element for a heating and air conditioning system The invention relates to an operating element for a heating and air conditioning system for the setting of air conditioning parameters in a vehicle interior, the setting being fed back to the operator of the operating element. In order to provide an operating elemen... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7398176 | Battery testers with secondary functionality An electronic vehicle tester includes a battery tester configured to measure a parameter of a battery of a vehicle. A tire tester is configured to receive a parameter of a tire of the vehicle. A wireless receiver can be configured to receive pressure information fro... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7397354 | Cooling system monitoring system The invention relates to an engine cooling system monitoring system. There is a need for a cooling system monitoring system for an engine system wherein the coolant is maintained at a precise temperature. Thus, a cooling system monitoring system is provided for an e... | 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 |
| 7388509 | System and method for detecting electrolysis in an automobile system A system for detecting electrolysis in an automobile system includes a probe, a microcontroller electrically coupled to the probe, a power supply configured to supply power to the microcontroller, a ground lead, and an optical indicator operationally coupled to the ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7367742 | Ball and socket joint A ball-and-socket joint for a motor vehicle, especially for the chassis of the motor vehicle has a ball-and-socket joint housing (i), which has a joint opening and in which a bearing shell (5) made of an insulating material is arranged. A ball pivot (4... | 05/06/2008 |
| RE40262 | Method to infer engine coolant temperature in cylinder head temperature sensor equipped vehicles The present invention provides a method of inferring the engine coolant temperature in cylinder head temperature sensor equipped vehicles including the steps of measuring the cylinder head temperature, calculating the engine coolant temperature from the measured cyl... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7348880 | Occupant detection and temperature forewarn safety system and method A system and method are provided for alerting of an occupant endangered by being situated in a variable temperature setting. The system can be utilized within a motor vehicle, and occupants include an infant, a child, a person, and an animal or pet. In an aspect, wh... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7315775 | Automotive transmission control system and method The present invention is a control system and method for the determination of a simulated transmission fluid temperature value using multiple linear regression. The present invention also provides a control system and method to diagnose the health of the transmissio... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7302868 | Method for measuring forces acted upon tire and apparatus for measuring forces acted upon tire There is provided an apparatus for measuring forces acted upon a tire in which a radial force and a peripheral force acting to the tire, which are required for the high precision measurement of a friction coefficient on a road surface, are simply measured in a high ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301444 | Method and apparatus for alarming decrease in tire air-pressure and threshold changing program A method for alarming decrease in tire air-pressure, which detects decrease in internal pressure of a tire attached to a vehicle and accordingly issues alarm. The method includes the steps of: detecting rotational information of the respective tires; storing the rot... | 11/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7242285 | Apparatus and method for power management in a tire pressure monitoring system A system (10) and method manages battery (13) power in a wheel module (11) for indicating when air pressure in a tire falls below a recommended value. Tire air pressure is sensed with a pressure sensor (16). Tire air temperature is sensed... | 07/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7236089 | Vehicle-mounted display unit The vehicle-mounted display unit includes a display having a meter area and an auxiliary indication area. The meter area indicates a dial image for showing measured values of an operational condition of a motor vehicle. The auxiliary indication area indicates inform... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232013 | Brake force sensor A brake system including a brake pad shaped and located to apply pressure to a brake rotor and an actuator shaped and located to apply pressure to the brake pad to cause the brake pad to apply pressure to the rotor. The system further includes a sensor material whic... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7227456 | Tire information detecting device capable of detecting correct tire information An interrogator is disposed in a main body of a vehicle for transmitting interrogating signals. A responder is mounted to each tire of the vehicle for returning tire information such as air pressure to the interrogator in response to the interrogating signals. The r... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7221270 | Temperature tracking and monitoring system used for commodities transportation A temperature tracking and monitoring system used for commodities transportation comprises a deliver unit, a control computer and a monitor and control unit. The deliver unit comprises a transportation means, at least a glove compartment, a RFID tag and a RFID reade... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7187272 | Casing structure of transmitter of tire condition monitoring apparatus A transmitter in an apparatus for monitoring a condition of a tire attached to a wheel of a vehicle is fixed to the wheel such that the transmitter faces an outer circumferential surface of a wheel rim. The transmitter includes a circuit portion that detects the con... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7180416 | Time keyed information transmission A method and apparatus is described for enabling a single sensor to indicate a greater quantity of information about a sensed event, or the occurrence of many different types of events. A sensor system employs a number of individual sensors with single-use indicatio... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181189 | Vehicular remote control system and tire pressure monitoring system A vehicular remote control system has a mobile unit, a vehicle unit for establishing bidirectional wireless communication with the mobile unit, wherein the vehicle unit is able to transmit a wireless signal to the mobile unit through transmission antennas provided a... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7147366 | Method and apparatus for assessing the rationality of a transmission fluid temperature measure The rationality of a measured temperature of transmission fluid is assessed by comparing it to an engine coolant temperature. The rationality assessment is enabled when the ambient air temperature is reliably determined and deemed normal, a sufficient soak condition... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7119759 | Machine-readable displays A reflective electro-optic display (200) has a bar code display area (206) arranged to display a bar code readable by a bar code scanner. ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116218 | Vehicle-tire-state detection/communication apparatus and tire-data communication apparatus A detection/communication apparatus to be installed on a vehicle having a plurality of tires. The apparatus includes: (a) tire state detectors which are provided on the respective tires and each of which detects a state of a corresponding one of the tires; (b) local... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7111982 | Combined temperature and pressure probe for a gas turbine engine A probe that includes both a temperature transducer and a pressure sensing port is adapted to be mounted upon and extend into the intake housing of a gas turbine engine. The probe is operative to provide air temperature and pressure data to an engine controller for ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7100433 | Vehicle wheel having primary detector function The present invention relates to a wheel rim (1), having a wheel rim bed (1a), of a vehicle wheel having a detection system for a measurement device for detecting the rotational velocity of the vehicle wheel. The detection system comprises a mar... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097226 | Safety system for a compartment of a vehicle A safety sensing and/or release system for a closed compartment of a vehicle is operable to detect an occupant within the vehicle compartment. The system may be operable to sense ambient conditions in the vehicle compartment, and may generate a control signal in res... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7088227 | Alarm for a hydraulic system, hydraulic system, method of giving an alarm and vehicle incorporating a hydraulic system An alarm for a hydraulic system, a hydraulic system incorporating an alarm, a vehicle having a hydraulic system which incorporates an alarm, and a method of giving an alarm in a hydraulic system, where the hydraulic system comprises hydraulic fluid which is put in c... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7081811 | Multiple sensor heat alarm A multiple heat sensor alarm system for use in a vehicle to indicate that the interior temperature is above a preset limit has a control head with a microprocessor. Heat sensors or thermometers are placed at different points in the vehicle and connected to the micro... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7079018 | System state indicator System state indicator in particular for a vehicle dashboard, the system having a given use potential and comprising evaluation means such that, on the basis of measurements related to the conditions of use of the vehicle and/or the physical characteristics of the s... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7075419 | Tire pneumatic pressure monitoring system Tires of wheels of a vehicle incorporate detectors that detect the pneumatic pressures and transmit them wirelessly to a plurality of receivers installed on the vehicle. A monitoring device monitors the pneumatic pressures in the tires based on the tire data obtaine... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7075421 | Tire temperature and pressure monitoring sensors and systems A tire monitoring system providing tire status and notifying or warning the vehicle operator of early detection of imminent tire failure and performance degradation; thus improving safety by preventing blowouts from occurring, lengthening tire life by encouraging pr... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7069883 | Monitoring of closed circuit liquid cooling systems particularly in internal combustion engines Early stage detection of engine liquid cooling problems is provided with temperature, pressure and other sensors and associated logic circuits configured for detecting alarm conditions including below normal static coolant pressure coupled with an elevated coolant t... | 07/04/2006 |
