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7619510 Apparatus, method and program for alarming abnormality in tire air-pressure  
The present invention provides an apparatus, method and program for alarming abnormality in tire air-pressure which prevent the issuance of an erroneous alarm and thus determine abnormality in tire...
7619509 Tire monitoring system  
In a tire monitoring system for sufficiently reducing the possibility of cross talk generation of a request signal individually transmitted from a vehicle body side controller to each sensor unit,...
7617722 Tire, wheel or tire and wheel assembly equipped with a device for counting the number or rotations  
In an electronic device for counting the number of rotations for a tire and wheel assembly, a storage means holds counting information (NbRot) intended to represent the number of rotations counted...
7617036 Method and system for determining the velocity of an automobile  
A method and system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, provide a means to accurately determine the velocity of a vehicle. An initial estimation of the velocity of the vehicle is...
7614292 Method and device for detecting defect in outer shape of tire side portion  
Repeated small irregularity, i.e. defect in outer shape on a sidewall portion S of a pneumatic tire T is detected. An order analysis is performed in higher order by an order analysis means 24 ...
7612665 Wireless sensor system and bearing assembly having built-in wireless sensor  
A wireless sensor system in which the sensor signal is hardly affected by disturbance and therefore has an increased reliability, which can be constructed light-weight and compact in structure...
7609151 Apparatus, method and program for alarming abnormality in tire air-pressure  
The present invention provides an apparatus, method and program for alarming abnormality in tire air-pressure which detects abnormality of a tire even under unusual conditions such as offset load...
7607346 Tire pressure indicator  
A tire pressure indicator (TPI) ( 10 ) that provides a method by which the air pressure in vehicle tires can be easily and reliably checked to determine if the tires are optimally inflated. The TPI...
7604029 Wear indicating tire  
A tire including a tread and a belt having a first and a second ply. The first and second plies are made up of substantially parallel metallic reinforcing cords embedded in a rubber composition...
7603895 Trigger unit mounting structure for wheel position detection system  
A first trigger unit and a second trigger unit output trigger signals to transceivers disposed for the four wheels of a vehicle. The first and second trigger units are attached to wall surfaces of...
7603894 Self-powered tire monitoring system  
Vehicular tire monitoring system includes an energy providing system arranged on the tire, and a sensor system arranged on the tire and coupled to the energy providing system to be provided with...
7602280 Tire pressure monitoring system  
A tire pressure monitoring system includes tire-based transmitting and receiving devices and a vehicle body-based transmitting and receiving device having vehicle body-based receiving means,...
7594441 Automated lost load response system  
An automated lost load response system for work machines is disclosed. The response system has a first sensor situated to detect the contour of the road surface forward of a first machine, and a...
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,...
7592904 Tire pressure monitor system module  
A tire pressure monitor system module provides modular products with tire pressure monitor system functionality. The tire pressure monitor system module may be added to a modular product to provide...
7592903 Tire pressure monitor system tool with re-learn and diagnostic procedures  
A tire pressure monitor system tool that stores information regarding a plurality of tire pressure monitor systems. The information may include procedures for resetting and diagnosing the tire...
7592902 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...
7589620 Axle end equipment for a vehicle, in particular an aircraft  
The invention relates to axle end equipment for a vehicle, in particular an aircraft, the equipment comprising a stationary portion for securing to the axle and a rotary portion for securing to the...
7587935 Electronic unit for measuring operating parameters of a vehicle wheel, comprising an electronic box and an inflation valve of the snap-in type  
An electronic unit for measuring operating parameters of a vehicle wheel, includes an electronic box ( 1 ), an inflation valve ( 2 ) of the snap-in type composed of a valve body ( 3 ) made of an...
7587934 Method of quantifying the utilization of a maximum grip potential of a tire  
A method of quantifying the utilization of a maximum grip potential of a tire running on the ground. At two distinct azimuth angles, at least two respective values are determined for a differential...
7587933 Process for repairing punctured pneumatic tire in tire-rim assembly and repairing system  
A punctured pneumatic tire in a tire-rim assembly is repaired by mounting on a vehicle the tire-rim assembly provided with an internal pressure alarm means, said tire comprising an auxiliary...
7586403 Vehicle tag reader  
A tire sensor that communicates to a remote interrogator in one of two modes depending on the nature of the interrogation. The interrogator may be distributed throughout a vehicle if needed for...
7584646 Device for measuring coefficient of friction  
A device for measuring the coefficient of friction between a test surface and a test material, comprising a frame, a skid pad comprising the test material and attached to an underside of the frame...
7583077 Pressure sensing device for rotatably moving parts  
A magnetic pressure sensing device for rotatably moving parts, of the type including at least one magnetic field source element associated with the rotatably moving part and a magnetic field...
7581439 Elastomeric article with wireless micro and nano sensor system  
A sensor system for obtaining data from an elastomeric article includes at least one wireless sensor. The sensor length-scales range from nano- to micro-scale devices that are small enough to avoid...
7581329 Dynamic percent grade measurement device  
A combination of components for the dynamic measurement of the grade of terrain, including a rocker arm disposed horizontally across a reference structure, a first displacement transducer...
7578182 Detection of prepped tires  
A portable tire prep detector is used to detect prep on a tire, when the tire is on a racing vehicle, and when the racing vehicle is on a race track. In one example, the detection of prep using the...
7578181 Method for correcting concave-convex exhibited on a surface of a body of rotation  
Providing a method for correcting a data of irregularity of a surface of a body of rotation with an eccentricity included to a data being not affected by eccentricity. The distance data L k ...
7578180 Tread depth sensing device and method for measuring same  
A tread depth measurement system for measuring a depth of a tread provided to a tire on a vehicle. The system includes an energy source for emitting a wireless signal to be transmitted to the tire;...
7578052 Valve stem installation system and method of installing the valve stem  
A valve stem installation system ( 10 ) includes a conveyor ( 24 ) for moving wheel rims ( 14 ). A detector ( 50 ) is cooperable with the conveyor ( 24 ) to detect size of the wheel rim ( 14 ) and...
7576641 Identification information examination method and information obtaining apparatus  
In an identification information examination mode, reception sensitivity of a reception device in an information obtaining mode is reduced. In the reception device, information transmitted from a...
7574920 Tire pressure gauge with sensor support  
A pressure gauge is provided for monitoring pressure within a reservoir, such as air within a vehicle tire. The gauge is particularly configured to allow it to remain upon a valve stem of the tire...
7574293 System and method for identifying tire position on a vehicle  
A method of determining the position of a tire on a vehicle using signal pulses is described. The method includes receiving a plurality of signal pulses from a transmitter associated with the tire...
7574292 Method and system for calibrating a vehicle speed  
A method and system for calibrating speed of a vehicle having a plurality of wheels includes a wheel speed sensor coupled to each of the wheels for providing a first vehicle speed based on an...
7568386 Tire pressure monitoring apparatus allowing for relative movement between a pressure transducer and a valve stem  
A tire pressure monitoring apparatus includes a pressure transducer and a valve stem. A spring member connects the pressure transducer to the valve stem. The spring member facilitates relative...
7568385 Device and method for testing a tire, in particular by means of an interferometric measuring method  
A device for testing a tire with two sidewalls and a tread portion in particular by means of an interferometric measuring method, is provided with a measuring unit with which the tire can be...
7568384 Sensor-incorporated tire and tire condition estimating method  
In order to accurately and stably estimate the conditions of a running tire, a vehicle is equipped with a sensor-incorporating tire having, at an equal distance from the center in the axial...
7567171 Method and device or system to monitor the state of tires, and detection of snow chains or spikes use, on a vehicle  
A system and method are provided for monitoring the physical integrity of a tire. The system and method include measuring a signal proportional to the speed of rotation of the wheel and calculating...
7565832 Tire pressure monitor  
A tire pressure detector includes an electrically conductive housing having a housing body and a protruding annular body; a cover having a sleeve portion connected to the protruding annular body,...
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....
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...
7562566 Tire pressure gauge with displacement limiting members  
A tire pressure gauge includes a housing, a tire pressure detection unit, an air valve, and at least two limit members. The housing has a lateral side and a chamber. The tire pressure detection...
7561035 Wireless sensor system and bearing assembly equipped with the same  
A wireless sensor system of the present invention includes wireless sensor units ( 4 A, 4 B) and a sensor signal receiving unit ( 5 ). The sensor units ( 4 A, 4 B) have sensors ( 6 A, 6 B), an...
7559235 Tire air pressure monitoring system, tire air pressure sensor unit and method of monitoring-controlling tire air pressure  
A tire air pressure monitoring system includes: a sensor unit mounted to a tire and including: an air pressure sensor for outputting a tire air pressure, and a transmitter, a receiver for receiving...
7557698 Wheel information processing device  
A wheel information processing device comprises a plurality of wheel-side communication units provided in a wheel of an automotive vehicle, and a body-side communication unit provided in a body of...
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...
7552630 Load wheel drive  
A method of positioning a load wheel in a tire uniformity machine to load a tire for testing, the method comprising providing a drive assembly including a drive motor and a drive controller,...
7552629 Movable tyre test bench and method therefor  
A mobile test rig for tires, composed of a self-driven platform capable of following rectilinear and circular trajectories and including: a test instrument module for a wheel-tire assembly to be...
7552628 Method and system for determining a cornering angle of a tyre during the running of a vehicle  
A method and a system for determining a cornering angle of a tyre fitted on a vehicle during running of the vehicle on a rolling surface. The tyre has an equatorial plane. In the method, the length...
7551992 Detecting tire decompression based on wheel speed  
A method for detecting decompression of tires based on the rotational speed of wheels mounted on a vehicle, comprising the steps of: detecting the rotational speed of each of the above-mentioned...