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Vehicle tire information obtaining apparatus and tire information processing apparatus

US6960994B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 6, 2003
Grant dateNov 1, 2005
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Expiry dateMay 27, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60C23/0462
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle tire information obtaining apparatus for obtaining tire information relating to a mounted tire and a non-mounted tire of a vehicle. The apparatus includes: (a) tire state detectors which are provided in the respective tires and each of which detects a state of the corresponding tire; (b) transmitters which are provided in the respective tires and which transmit tire data sets, as the tire information, each containing at least one tire-state data element representative of the detected state of the corresponding tire; (c) a receiver which is provided in a body of the vehicle and which receives the tire data sets transmitted by the transmitters; and (d) a non-mounted-tire information separator which separates the tire data set transmitted from the non-mounted tire, from the tire data set transmitted from the mounted tire.

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