Inventors:
John Nantz - Brighton MI, US
Qingfeng Tang - Novi MI, US
Ronald King - Brownstown MI, US
Riad Ghabra - Dearborn Heights MI, US
Keith Walker - Redford MI, US
Thomas Bejster - Dearborn MI, US
Bruce Conner - Ann Arbor MI, US
Qing Li - Canton MI, US
Art Turovsky - Southfield MI, US
International Classification:
E01C023/00
Abstract:
In a system for remote monitoring of vehicle tire pressure, a system and method for identifying tire location. A tire pressure monitor for each tire includes a sensor for sensing tire pressure, a transmitter for transmitting a signal representative of the sensed tire pressure, and a sensor for sensing an impact to the tire and for actuating the transmitter to transmit a tire pressure signal in response. A receiver for mounting on the vehicle receives the tire pressure signals. A controller for mounting on the vehicle communicates with the receiver and is for use in conveying tire pressure and location information to a user. When the vehicle is stationary, each tire is struck in a preselected sequence so that each received tire pressure signal is automatically associated with one of the plurality of tire locations.