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7145444 Circuit for controlling voltage in a tire-based unit of tire parameter sensing system and associated method  
A circuit ( 14 ) for use in a tire ( 16 ) of a vehicle ( 10 ) having a tire parameter sensing system ( 12 ) includes a battery ( 60 ) for supplying electrical energy. The battery ( 60 ) has an...
7138911 Power conversion from piezoelectric source with multi-stage storage  
A system and corresponding method for generating electric power from a rotating tire's mechanical energy concerns a piezoelectric power generation device associated with a power harvesting and...
7137296 Tire air pressure monitoring system  
A tire air pressure monitoring system includes a tire air pressure detecting device mounted to each tire of a vehicle having a transmitting section configured to wirelessly transmit necessary data...
7138910 Tire/wheel assembly abnormality determining apparatus and method  
A tire/wheel assembly abnormality determining apparatus and a method thereof determines whether there is an abnormality in a tire/wheel assembly in a vehicle provided with the tire/wheel assembly...
7131323 Tire inflation pressure sensing apparatus with function of spare wheel identification  
A tire inflation pressure sensing apparatus according to the invention includes a first pressure sensor, a first transmitter, a second pressure sensor, a second transmitter, and a receiver. The...
7132939 Integrated self-powered tire revolution counter  
A self-powered tire revolution counter includes a motion sensitive power generation mechanism, a power conditioner, a pulse detector, a microcontroller, and, optionally, a radio frequency (RF)...
7132930 Monitoring device and tire combination  
The invention provides a monitoring device and tire combination wherein an antenna is mounted to the tire in a location spaced from the monitoring device. In one embodiment, the antenna may be...
7129828 Encapsulated surface acoustic wave sensor  
Sensor package systems and methods are disclosed, which include a quartz sensor package encapsulated by an overmold material. A surface acoustic wave sensing element and one or more bonding pads...
7119670 Tire pressure monitoring system  
In the system for monitoring tire pressure in a tire of a vehicle, temporally successive tire pressure measured values are sensed by a transmitting unit, and at least part of the tire pressure...
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...
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...
7113083 Passive keyless entry device for monitoring tire pneumatic pressure by bidirectional communication  
A passive keyless entry device is constructed by a car mounting device mounted to an automobile, a portable device and transmitter-receivers for monitoring a tire pneumatic pressure. The car...
7104438 Method of integrating tire identification into a vehicle information system  
A method for integrating tire identification data into a vehicle information system comprises the steps: mounting a tire to a production line vehicle chassis, the tire having tire data storage for...
7102492 Vehicle tracking system  
A system for identifying the location of a vehicle is provided. The system includes a sensor, a receiver, a processor, and a database. The sensor is configured to determine the status of a...
7102498 Remote keyless entry system with two modes of demodulation  
A remote signaling receiver system includes a receiver that operates in two different modes of demodulation to accommodate different types of signals from different types of transmitting devices. A...
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...
7098780 Device for fixing a tire monitoring system module to a wheel  
A device for fixing to a wheel a module intended to measure and transmit to a receiver, in particular by radio link, at least one quantity characteristic of the state of a tire mounted on the...
7095316 Tire pressure monitoring system transmission protocol  
A system for monitoring conditions within a tire includes a sensor assemblies ( 14 ). The sensor assemblies ( 14 ) emit a transmission ( 26 ) containing information indicative of conditions within...
7091840 Tire pressure detection system and a wheel used therein  
A wheel provided with a tire sensor unit having a sensor and a radio transmitter. The sensor detects a pressure and temperature of a tire, and generates a tire pressure data signal and a tire...
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...
7089147 Wireless tire-pressure monitor  
A wireless tire-pressure monitor mainly has a cylindrical body, a seal assembly, a screw and a sensor. The cylindrical body is mounted through a hole in a wheel rim wall and has an air passage, an...
7084750 Counterbalance annular tire transponder assembly and method  
An annular antenna and transponder are affixed to a tire using the transponder as a counterweight to offset tire imbalance. The annular antenna is attached to an inner tire surface and is coupled...
7084749 Remote display system with independent power source  
A display apparatus for indicating tire pressure or other information about a vehicle. The display apparatus includes an independent power source, having no connection to the electrical power...
7079047 Pressure measuring and inflation/deflation control system for tires  
A pressure measuring and inflation/deflation control system for tires, comprising: a pressure sensor, a pressure variation detector capable on the one hand of responding in a safety time...
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...
7075417 Tire pressure detecting system  
A fluctuation warning unit for issuing a warning when fluctuations of the tire pressure per unit time exceed a predetermined threshold fluctuation, and a detected value warning unit for issuing a...
7075418 Multiband antenna system with tire pressure sensor  
A multiband antenna system includes a multiband antenna adapted to receive signals in a given frequency range, such as CB, and a trap to isolate signals in the tire pressure monitoring frequency...
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...
7068157 Tire information detecting system  
A tire information detecting system includes a plurality of tire information output units that sense and output tire information corresponding to respective tires at predetermined intervals and a...
7059178 Device for measuring a tire pressure  
The invention relates to a device for measuring a tire pressure of a tire arranged on a rim ( 10 ), having a tire valve ( 14 ) arranged in a bore ( 12 ) in the rim ( 10 ), and a tire pressure...
7053761 Vehicular tire pressure monitoring system  
A tire pressure monitoring system is provided for a vehicle equipped with at least a front driver-side wheel location, a front passenger-side wheel location, a rear driver-side wheel location and a...
7049948 Tire pressure monitoring system  
A tire pressure monitoring system includes an on-board detection unit configured to transmit a detection signal indicative of the presence of an occupant entering a vehicle, a vehicle-body-based...
7042348 Method for monitoring the tire pressure on vehicles  
The invention describes a method for operating a device for monitoring and wireless signalling a pressure or a pressure change in pneumatic tires of wheels on vehicles, the device being hereinafter...
7039508 Tire monitoring system with a wireless setting capability  
A tire monitoring system with a wireless setting capability includes a wireless controller and a plurality of tire status sensors each tire status sensor is composed a sensing and processing unit...
7034671 Alarm device for internal pressure of tire  
The sensor unit is operated based on a first timing signal with a first interval. If there is no second timing signal with a second interval longer than the first interval, a tire internal-pressure...
7034672 Tire sensor  
A tire monitoring device for monitoring various tire conditions of a tubeless tire mounted on a vehicle wheel having a recessed portion of the wheel and a wheel rim 5 defining the recessed...
7030745 Spare tire usage detection  
Methods and apparatus are provided for detecting when a spare wheel (SP) is used to replace a previously rolling wheel on a vehicle, where each wheel can transmit wheel ID and motion status...
7030743 Tire pressure indicator providing a visual indication of tire pressure  
An tire pressure indicator operative to provide a first visual indication if the tire pressure within a tire to which the indicator is coupled is below a first predetermined pressure and a second...
7026953 Keyless entry device having tire pressure monitoring function  
A keyless entry device includes a plurality of antennas which receive high frequency signals, a high frequency receiver which reproduces data from the high frequency signals received by the...
7026922 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 ( 14 a–d ) in respective rolling locations having a respective plurality of tire transmitters ( 16 a–d )...
7026977 Method of and apparatus for acquiring data of dynamic physical processes via a radio link  
For acquiring data of dynamic physical processes via a radio link, a transponder antenna ( 17 ) is excited by an electromagnetic exciting wave at the resonance frequency of the transponder antenna...
7023334 Method for assigning tire pressure measurement devices in a motor vehicle to wheel positions and device for measuring the tire pressure  
When a vehicle travels a bend, tire pressure measurement devices ( 2 ) are assigned to wheel positions. For this purpose, it is determined by means of ABS ( 4 ) whether it is a left-hand or...
7019711 Coupled transponder and antenna system and method  
An annular antenna loop is electrically coupled to a transponder. The antenna and the transponder are at least partially embedded into a non-conductive carrier strip to form a ring assembly to...
7019628 Tire monitoring and keyless entry system  
Door opening and closing control information transmitted from a portable transmitter 3 is received at a receiving apparatus 20 to drive a door locking mechanism 4 . A tire sensor unit 10 ...
7015802 Vehicle tag reader  
A remote communication device, such as a radio frequency type device, that receives temperature indicia concerning a container and/or its contents and communicates such temperature indicia along...
7015804 Pressure sensor, transmitter, and tire condition monitoring apparatus  
A pressure sensor has a diaphragm that is exposed to air in a tire of a vehicle. A transmitter wirelessly transmits data representing the air pressure of the tire. A casing accommodates the...
7015803 Tire air pressure detecting device  
A tire air pressure detecting device has a tire air pressure detecting device on a wheel. A main transmitting device is provided at the wheel for transmitting an air pressure signal SP to a vehicle...
7015801 Vehicle-controlled tire condition sensor communication utilizing fixed tire identification  
A tire condition sensor unit (e.g., 18 A) is for use within a tire condition communication system ( 10 ). The sensor unit (e.g., 18 A) is for association with a tire (e.g., 14 A) of a vehicle (...
7009507 Mounting structure of tire monitoring device  
Disclosed is a mounting structure of a tire monitoring device, in which the tire monitoring device is enabled to function as a warning device notifying a limit of run-flat traveling. When the tire...
7009491 Dual purpose vehicle key fob for training tire pressure sensors  
A dual purpose key fob has manipulable keys for, in a normal mode, locking and unlocking a vehicle and keys for opening a vehicle trunk and activating a panic alarm and, in a training mode, for...