Continental Reifen Deutschland Gmbh

Conti Temic Microelectronic Gmbh

Continental Aktiengesellschaft

Joerg Lehmann

Jakob Schillinger

Stefan Abeling

Adrian Cyllik

Bernd Lange

Andreas Scher

Joerg Hanna

Jens Kleffmann

Rüdiger Menz

Jörg Hanna

Siva Sankar Surisetti

Thomas Roesch

Rainer Von Lutz

Sven Wilhelmsen

Baldo Sahlmüller

Michael Koch

A method for measuring the depth of tread in a vehicle tire includes measuring acceleration signals from a tire module arranged on the inner side of the tire. A minimum acceleration value is then determined during rotation of the vehicle tire and at a constant traveling speed whereafter the maximum internal radius of the inner side of the tire is determined in the center of a ground contact area of the vehicle tire. The depth of tread of the vehicle tire is determined with signal processing whereafter the determined depth of tread is transmitted to a receiving unit in the vehicle.

Method for determining the depth of tread of a vehicle tire with a tire module arranged on the inner side of the tire

A method via which tire modules can be associated with tire positions on a vehicle includes: inputting vehicle data and tire information via a mobile detecting device; analyzing the input information via the detecting device; providing an instruction to the user of the detecting device indicating the first tire for performing a first tire module identification; positioning the detecting device near the first tire which is specified by the detecting device; activating an inquiry signal having a transmission frequency specified by the detecting device and a specified signal amplitude to a tire module arranged in the tire, wherein the tire module includes at least one sensor for tire-pressure monitoring; capturing a response signal from the tire module, wherein the response includes the identification data of the tire module; and, evaluating the response signal of the tire module and associating the identified tire module with a tire position.

Method for associating tire positions on a vehicle having a tire pressure monitoring system

An apparatus for displaying the state of the tire pressure for a vehicle tire of a truck trailer includes a lamp to optically display the tire pressure state. An arm is provided with the lamp arranged thereon. A mount fixes the arm to the truck trailer and the arm is made substantially of an elastomer material so as to cause the arm to be flexibly deformable when colliding with a foreign object. The arm reverts back to its initial configuration after such a collision as a result of its elastic material characteristic.

Apparatus for displaying a tire pressure state for vehicle tires of a truck trailer

A sensor transponder () with at least one acceleration sensor is arranged on the inner side of a running surface () of a tire (). The signals from the acceleration sensor are compared with prespecified threshold values and then integrated, whereby following the formation of a quotient, the tire contact length () is calculated independently of the velocity.

Sensor transponder and procedure for measuring tire contact lengths and wheel load

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