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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8176776 | Pressure sensor mounting method, tire and wheel having pressure sensor, and tire pressure detection device The accuracy of a measurement value obtained by a tire pressure detection device is lowered by a centrifugal force and an inertial force during travel. A pressure sensor (30) displaces a diaphragm (20) in its vertical direction (32) according to... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8156797 | Method and apparatus for overmolding a tire pressure monitor sensor A tire pressure monitoring apparatus includes a valve assembly mountable in a vehicle wheel and a housing securable to the end of the valve assembly. A pressure sensor assembly is securable in the housing for monitoring tire pressure and providing an electrical sign... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8109139 | Method and system for monitoring tire pressure The invention relates to a method for monitoring air pressure in vehicle tires using wheel electronics, which comprise a pressure sensor for measuring the air pressure present in the tire, a transmitter for transmitting pressure information, and a receiver for recei... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8074507 | Tire module with piezoelectric transducer Tire module for the detection of tire state quantities which includes a printed circuit board and a piezoelectric transducer with a housing and at least one transducer element, wherein the transducer element is coupled to piezoelectric material or consists of piezoe... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8061192 | Unit for measuring and system for monitoring tire pressure in tires of the extended mobility or other type Measuring unit with at least a pressure sensor and signal transmission means, intended to be fitted on a tire/wheel assembly, characterized in that it comprises a logic indicator with two states, active and inactive, and in that the logic indicator becomes active ea... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8047068 | Snap-in tire valve A snap-in tire pressure monitoring system having a valve that deforms to form an annular sealing surface around an opening in a tire rim. A sensor housing having electronics components configured to sense conditions within the tire may be attached to the valve. Data... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8024965 | Method for analysing tire vibration characteristics and an apparatus for carrying out said method A method for analyzing tire vibration characteristics and an apparatus for carrying out the method, wherein the apparatus includes a stiff frame including a wheel support for supporting a wheel with a tire to be analyzed. A base part is flexibly connected with the f... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8011237 | Piezoelectric module for energy harvesting, such as in a tire pressure monitoring system Subject matter disclosed herein may relate to energy harvesting piezoelectric modules as may be used, for example, in power supplies for tire pressure monitoring systems. ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7997129 | Device and method for generating reference geometric data for tire inspection A split mold for vulcanizing a tire is held at a mold holding section, which is held on a rotatable base, and then a measuring section measures distances to an inner surface of the split mold in the inside diameter direction and in the axial direction. An operating ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7971477 | Detection method for forces acting on tire and pneumatic tire used therein A detection method for at least one of acting forces on tire among a back-and-forth directional force, a lateral force, vertical force, and a moment about a tire axis, detects the forces by strain outputs of strain sensors, which are attached on the tire and measure... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7954370 | Use of piezoelectric sensor attached to electronics package housing Disclosed ia an apparatus and methodology for detecting tire (1) rotation by associating a piezoelectric sensor (250) with an enclosure housing (210) tire environment related sensors and electronics. The enclosure (210) may be mounted in ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7942048 | System for detecting the pressure in a vehicle tire and/or the speed of the vehicle A system for detecting the pressure in a pneumatic vehicle tire which is mounted on a vehicle and/or the speed of the vehicle, having an arrangement composed of load sensors which supplies force signals for a two-dimensional pattern of the distribution of force whic... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7918131 | Tire slip state detecting method and tire slip state detecting apparatus To detect a slip state in a contact region of a rotating tire on a road surface, first, the first radical direction data and the second width direction data of measurement data of acceleration at a tread portion of the rotating tire for a duration corresponding to o... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7908918 | Tyre comprising an electronic unit and a method of installing said electronic unit into said tyre A tire having an internal surface of substantially toroidal conformation, includes an electronic device including an electronic unit and an antenna, the latter being connected with the electronic unit and having an inner perimetral edge, and an anchoring body mounte... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7882732 | Apparatus for monitoring tire pressure An apparatus for monitoring tire pressurization state in a tire has a magneto-mechanical pressure sensor in or on the tire and an electromagnetic excitation system. The electromagnetic excitation system is for interrogating the magneto-mechanical pressure sensor. Th... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7866206 | Method and system for determination of a wheel position of wheels on a vehicle Method and system for determination of wheel position of wheels on vehicles with which Coriolis forces (Chl, Chr, Cvl, Cvr) active for the wheels (Rhl, Rhr, Rvl, Rvr) of a vehicle are determined, the Coriolis forces (Chl, Chr, Cvl, Cvr) determined for the wheels (Rh... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7856870 | Method for alarming inner pressure lowering of tires using GPS information and device thereof, and program for alarming inner pressure lowering of tires Provided is a method which is free from falling into a state impossible for detecting inner pressure lowering of tires even when GPS signals cannot be received and capable of precisely detecting inner pressure lowering of tires. A method for alarming inner pressure ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7856871 | Wheel for vehicles A wheel for vehicles includes a rim, a tyre mounted on the rim, and at least one device for energy generation operatively associated with the tyre. The device for energy generation includes a first element that is fixed relative to the rim or to the tyre, and a seco... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7845218 | Tire state estimator and tire state estimation method A tire state estimator includes a lateral force upper limit estimating section, a lateral force estimating section, and a tire slip angle estimating section. The lateral force upper limit estimating section calculates an estimated tire lateral force upper limit, on ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7832264 | Tire sensor system and vehicle body having the same mounted thereon The position of the rotation of a tire complicates the establishing of a wireless connection between a sensor unit attached to the tire and a sensor control unit attached to a vehicle body. A reflection plate is attached to an inner surface of a wheel housing... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7810389 | Method for determining a tire position in a tire pressure measurement system In a method for transmitting data, the step of transmitting the data representing a measured pressure or pressure variation is repeated with a first repetition rate if no pressure variation has been detected or repeated with a second repetition rate if a specific pr... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7805987 | System and method for pneumatic tire defect detection Differential expansion (or contraction) of areas of a tire sidewall is measured by constructing height profiles of the tire at each of at least two different static pressures to detect defects in the tire. Light sources project a plurality of illuminated lines onto ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7775098 | Method for Assigning a Tire Pressure Monitoring System After Driving Interruptions and Device and System for Measuring Air Pressure in a Vehicle Tire A method for assigning a position of a tire, having a tire sensor, on a vehicle, includes transmitting, with the sensor, a signal including at least an identification number of the sensor following activation by a signal from an LF antenna connected to an evaluation... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7770444 | Patch for fixing an electronic system to a tire A patch configured to fix an electronic system, which includes a sensor, to a tire. The patch has a foot with a surface configured to be fixed to the tire. The foot has at least two portions connected to one another by at least one bridging element. The bridging ele... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7770443 | Coil system and voltage rectifiers for communication and inductive powering of devices inside rotating tyre of a vehicle The present invention relates to a power feeding arrangement for electric loads (R) positioned in tires (20) of vehicles. According to the invention the arrangement comprises at least one feed coil (Lf) arranged in the vehicle (10), at least... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7762129 | Tire tread detection and measurement of physical variables of a tire on a moving vehicle A tire tread sensing system includes a magnetic field sensor and a magnetic field source configured to magnetize magnetizable particles embedded in a tire tread. The magnetic field sensor is configured to measure a magnetic field strength associated with the magneti... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7743653 | Method and device for adapting tires of a means of locomotion to given travel situations A method for adapting tires (14) of an, in particular, motor-driven means of locomotion to given travel situations, in particular of a passenger car, of a truck or the like. The shape of at least one tire (14), preferably of a plurality of tires (14... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7730772 | Surface acoustic wave sensor and package A wireless and batteryless pressure sensor apparatus comprises of a SAW sensor and an antenna mounted on a printed circuit board. Optionally, and RFID tag in used in combination with the SAW sensor. A sensor antenna and a RFID antenna can be located on the printed c... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7730773 | Method and apparatus for detecting a continuous LF wave signal An apparatus for detecting a continuous wave (CW) signal including a demodulator demodulating a received CW signal and providing a demodulated signal, an edge detector for detecting an edge of the demodulated signal and thereby, detecting the CW signal and a switcha... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7726184 | Surface acoustic wave sensor and package The SAW sensor in a stainless steel button package having a diaphragm and mounted on a threaded port. Package can hermetically seal a sensor and RFID-antenna assemblies from media. Sensor diaphragm is exposable to media. Sensor and RFID antennas communicate electric... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7716977 | Tire sensor system and method A tire and sensor system and method includes a tire having an inflatable radially inward tire casing and a radially outward tire tread ring situated on the casing and a sensor system. The sensor system includes a first conductive medium affixed to a radially inward ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7673504 | Apparatus and method for detecting an internal mechanical failure occurring in a tire An apparatus and method derives a deformation amount of a contact-portion of the tire based on the tire information, the contact-portion being in contact with the ground, and calculates an evaluation value based on the derived deformation amount, and comparing the c... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7673505 | Tire footprint determination apparatuses, systems and methods In one embodiment, a method comprises sampling a sensor during rotation, determining a percentage of samples within a target range, and calculating a circumferential portion of the rotation associated with the percentage of samples. In other embodiments, additional ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7661300 | Flex signature for tire condition Disclosed is a methodology for deriving data related to various selected tire (10) conditions. One or more sensors are analyzed in a manner similar to that of analyzing an electro-cardiogram taken from a human patient in order to determine selected operationa... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7658099 | Method for determining the load condition of a vehicle Method for determining the load condition of a vehicle (60) moving at non-zero speed, the vehicle being equipped with a plurality of tire-wheel assemblies (41-42, 51-52) mounted on at least two axles and with devices that enable determina... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7631554 | Tire module and tire comprising a module of this type Disclosed is a tire module for sensing tire condition variables with a spring element (2) clamped on one end and a converting unit (2, 3, 4, 6, 7), in which kinetic energy is converted into electric energy. The spring element (2) is a bar spring... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7594433 | Method of processing data in a vehicle tire monitoring system Method of processing data in a vehicle tire monitoring system. For a first given period of time, referred to as the reference period, a device calculates, for each class of temperature supplied, the corresponding mean pressure in a given tire. Then, for at least a s... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7562567 | Vehicle ground contact element, tire and vehicle ground contact A ground-contacting component of a vehicle, comprising at least two physical parameter measurement systems, each measurement system having a linearly polarized antenna. The polarization directions of the antennas make an angle of between 30 and 90° between them. Al... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7562568 | Tire parameter sensor unit with real time data storage A tire parameter sensor unit for monitoring one or more vehicle tire parameters such as internal tire pressure and temperature and developing a permanent log of the operational history of the tire. The sensor unit has a power system, a processor/transmitter, a radio... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7555943 | Device for detecting a leak or underinflation in the tires of motor vehicle wheels The device comprises means for measuring the pressure of the gas contained in a tire of a vehicle, means for collecting pressure measurement data and means for calculating the change in pressure between two instants of measurement data collection. The device further... | 07/07/2009 |
