Air pressure alert system
US4970491A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 3, 1989 |
| Grant date | Nov 13, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 3, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60C23/0408
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A convenient, reliable, and economical low tire pressure alert system (10) for a vehicle provides a graphic display (14) of low tire conditions to a vehicle occupant. The preferred alert system includes a transmitter (12) coupled with a valve stem of each vehicle tire for sensing a respective low pressure condition of the tire and for producing and transmitting digitally encoded amplitude modulated wireless signals in response. The preferred alert system (10) also includes a plurality of indicators (16) as part of a graphic display (14) representative of the vehicle tires, and a receiver (18) coupled with the indicators (16) for selective actuation thereof in response to reception of the low tire pressure signals.
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