Systems and methods for anticipatory tire pressure control

US9844983B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Elwha LLC · US

Inventors

• Alistair K. Chan · Bainbridge Island, US
• Geoffrey F. Deane · Bellevue, US
• William D. Duncan · Sammamish, US
• Philip A. Eckhoff · Bellevue, US
• Bran Ferren · Beverly Hills, US
• William Gates · Redmond, US
• W. Daniel Hillis · Calabasas, US
• Roderick A. Hyde · Redmond, US
• Muriel Y. Ishikawa · Livermore, US
• Edward K.Y. Jung · Bellevue, US
• Jordin T. Kare · Seattle, US
• John Latham · Boulder, US
• Nathan P. Myhrvold · Bellevue, US
• Robert C. Petroski · Seattle, US
• Clarence T. Tegreene · Bellevue, US
• David B. Tuckerman · Lafayette, US
• Thomas A. Weaver · San Mateo, US
• Charles Whitmer · North Bend, US
• Lowell L. Wood, JR. · Bellevue, US
• Victoria Y.H. Wood · Livermore, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 10, 2016
• Grant date: Dec 19, 2017
• Expiry date: Aug 10, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60C23/20
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle tire pressure control system includes a road sensor configured to acquire road data regarding a road at an advanced location ahead of a current location of a vehicle; a pressure regulator configured to control the air pressure within a tire of the vehicle during operation of the vehicle; and a controller configured to control operation of the pressure regulator and vary the air pressure within the tire based on the road data.