Patent · US Expired

Wireless and powerless sensor and interrogator

US6988026B2 · kind B2 · utility

630Cited by
1References
32Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateNov 4, 2003
Grant dateJan 17, 2006
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 1, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B2027/0187
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Arrangement and method for monitoring a tire mounted to the vehicle in which a thermal radiation detecting device detects the temperature of the tire at different circumferential locations along the circumference of the tire. The detected temperatures of the tire are analyzed to determine, for example, whether a difference in thermal radiation is present between the circumferential locations of the tire, and if so, an action is effected in response to the analysis. The thermal radiation detecting devices are preferably supplied with power wirelessly, e.g., through an inductive system, a capacitive system or a radio frequency energy transfer system.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.