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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...
7430906 Pneumatic tire having accommodation tool of electronic component  
A pneumatic tire ( 1 ) has a tire cavity surface (HS) to which an accommodation tool ( 11 ) for accommodating an electronic component is bonded. The accommodation tool ( 11 ) includes an...
7430900 Inflation system  
An inflation system is disclosed for automobile tires, bicycle tires, and other inflatable articles, wherein the inflating pump reads information from a microchip associated with the valve stem in...
7427915 Vehicle wheel information processing device and method therefor  
A vehicle body communication device ( 200 ) transmits a request signal to both a wheel side sensor ( 31 ) that is provided in a valve ( 24 ) of a wheel ( 22 ), and a tire side sensor ( 32 ) that is...
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...
7424364 Method and device for warning a driver of lane departure  
A method and device for warning a driver of lane departure, wherein a first analyzer is used to detect the vehicle's lane departure based on image data and/or vehicle data and/or driver activity....
7421889 Tire pressure warning assembly having a biasing member  
A tire pressure warning assembly includes a tire valve with a switch received therein, which had a conductive member, a movable member and a biasing member. The movable member is located at a...
7421321 System for obtaining vehicular information  
System for obtaining information about a vehicle or a component therein includes sensors arranged to generate and transmit a signal upon receipt and detection of a radio frequency (RF) signal and a...
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...
7415334 Process and device of correction for determining the longitudinal position of an emitter mounted on a wheel of a vehicle  
The invention relates to a process of correction for determining, by a central unit that is provided with a receiver and that equips a vehicle, the longitudinal position, either on the front wheel...
7414523 Automobile tire monitoring system and tire identification method  
An automobile tire pressure monitoring system and tire identification method that includes a transmitting and detecting unit provided on each tire, as well as a receiving and display unit that...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
7404427 Vehicle tire changer with integrated detector for tire pressure sensors  
An improved vehicle wheel tire changing system having a tire mount/dismount head coupled to an articulating tire mount/dismount arm assembly and a tire pressure sensor system which is configured to...
7403105 Highly reliable direct-type tire inflation pressure sensing apparatus  
A tire inflation pressure sensing apparatus includes a pressure sensor, a transmitter, a transceiver, a receiver, and a determining device. The pressure sensor and transceiver are provided on a...
7400231 Sensor device, method and device for monitoring a sensor device, and system having a sensor device  
A sensor device is disposed in a wheel. It contains an acceleration sensor, the measurement signal of which is representative of the acceleration of the sensor device. Detachment of the sensor...
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...
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...
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...
7394438 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 is a conductor that is bent in alternating sections to...
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...
7391307 Tire alarm device  
A tire alarm device gives a warning against the runflat operation limit of a pneumatic tire during runflat operation, the tire having a reinforcement layer disposed in each sidewall thereof for...
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...
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...
7385494 Tire location detecting apparatus with transmitters configured to transmit signals at predetermined angular positions  
According to the invention, a wheel identifying apparatus includes a plurality of transmitters and a receiver. Each of the transmitters is mounted on one of wheels of a vehicle with a given...
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...
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...
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”)...
7378951 Tire pressure monitoring system  
A vehicular tire pressure monitoring system, including a transponder unit ( 10 ) for each tire to be monitored, the transponder unit having an incorporated RF transmitter ( 12 ) and being...
7377158 Tire pressure sensor system with improved power saving  
A battery powered vehicle tire pressure sensor system has a power saving unit which controls the application of electrical power to the system as a function of tire speed to prolong battery life....
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...
7362217 Interior illumination system and method for a motor vehicle  
A system and method for providing interior illumination in a motor vehicle is disclosed. The system and method include provisions for adjusting the interior lighting conditions to improve...
7358852 Tire pressure monitoring sensor diagnosis via vehicle antitheft and entry system  
A vehicle tire pressure monitoring (TPM) system, the system including an immobilizer transmitter that transmits at least one low frequency (LF) sensor diagnostic signal, at least one TPM sensor,...
7353720 Bridge patch for electromechanical transducer elements in tire assemblies  
A bridge patch for use with a tire is provided. The bridge patch modifies the magnitude, orientation, or both of the mechanical forces, and particularly the stress-strain relationship, imparted by...
7352287 Pneumatic controller  
A pneumatic controller for controlling a device.
7352277 Antenna for tire pressure information sending apparatus and tire pressure information sending apparatus using the same  
An antenna 1 for a tire pressure information sending apparatus is constituted by a circuit board provided with feeding electrodes and a radiation electrode 8 having a loop surface substantially...
7350408 Apparatus and systems for integration of a sensor into a wheel  
This apparatus and system for integration of a sensor into a wheel includes sensors for monitoring temperature, pressure or other variables inside of an inflated tire that are mounted directly to...
7348879 Tire information transmitter and tire information acquisition system using the transmitter  
A tire information transmitter measures tire inflation pressure in a tire cavity region and wirelessly transmits it outside the tire cavity region. A control unit of the transmitter controls the...
7348878 Tire pressure monitoring system with permanent tire identification  
A tire pressure management system for a tractor/trailer system uses exterior sidewall mounted tire RFID tags, valve mounted tire pressure sensors and transmitters, radio repeaters, a tire pressure...
7343790 Apparatus and method for detecting a tire deformation of a vehicle tire  
An apparatus for detecting a tire deformation of a vehicle tire includes a tire pressure sensor for sensing a tire pressure, a signal processor configured to provide a signal indicating the tire...
7343787 Piezoelectric tire sensor and method  
A tire monitor includes a first device ( 300 ) having at least one piezoelectric matrix element ( 404 ), and a first sensing layer ( 410 ) that includes at least one rectifier ( 106 ) and a...
7339461 Tire inflation pressure monitoring device and vehicle having the same  
A tire inflation pressure monitoring device and a vehicle having the same have a battery-driven unit provided on the tire side that can be reduced in size and power consumption. In a diagnosing...
7336164 Tire pressure monitoring system and sensor therefor  
A system for monitoring tire pressure and producing a first signal in the event that a low tire pressure condition has been sensed and a second, different signal in the event that a low tire...
7336162 Double mold shot pull to seat universal TPMS sensor  
A tire pressure sensor assembly is provided for use with a wheel rim including a valve hole. The sensor assembly including a metal valve stem element having a stem base, a stem body, a stem cap...
7336161 Tire pressure monitoring system  
A tire pressure monitoring system for the wheels of a motor vehicle determines the position of each wheel.