Tire pressure monitoring device and system

US9296265B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Ralf Kessler · Heidelberg, DE
• Markus Wagner · Ludwigsburg, DE
• Axel Dussinger · Bad Rappenau, DE
• Benjamin Mueller · Bad Friedrichshall, DE
• Roland Hofmann · Sankt Goar, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 9, 2014
• Grant date: Mar 29, 2016
• Expiry date: Dec 9, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60C23/0479
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A tire pressure monitoring device is equipped for attaching to a wheel of a vehicle provided with pneumatic tires. The device measures the tire air pressure present in the pneumatic tire or a change of the tire pressure. An electrical circuit controls the tire pressure monitoring device. A memory stores a program for the electrical circuit. A first transmitter operates in a first frequency range for transmitting data out of the tire pressure monitoring device to a first receiver located outside the tire pressure monitoring device. In the memory initially a basic version of the program is stored, out of which multiple different versions of the program for multiple vehicle types can be developed. Subsequently, a fitting full version for a selected vehicle type is created in that program parameters intended for the selected vehicle type are subsequently stored in the memory of the tire pressure monitoring device.