Method for automatically determining the fitting positions of tires in a motor vehicle

US7283924B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG · DE

Inventors

• Peter Lauer · Albany, US
• Stefan Stölzl · Weinheim, DE
• Martin Griesser · Eschborn, DE
• Andreas Köbe · Bensheim, DE
• Frank Edling · Yokohama, JP
• Peter Sager · Friedrichsdorf, DE
• Vladimir Koukes · Darmstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 28, 2003
• Grant date: Oct 16, 2007
• Expiry date: Nov 28, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60C23/061
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The present device relates to a method for automatically determining the installation positions of wheels in a motor vehicle. The motor vehicle has a direct measure tire pressure monitoring system includes individual wheel tire pressure measuring devices and transmitting devices for the transfer of TPMS data containing tire air pressure values and identification numbers of the individual wheels to a receiving and evaluating device installed in or on the vehicle. The motor vehicle also includes an indirect measuring tire pressure monitoring system determining DDS data containing air pressure changes and installation positions from the rotational behavior of the individual wheels. The method includes determining correlation coefficients from the TPMS data and the DDS data by using a correlation function.