Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Stavros Dionyssopoulos

Dilip B Patel

James Edwin Blatchford

Christopher Henderson

Eric L Reed

Greg Swadling

James Edward Gregoire

Dante K Crockett

Nimish H Patel

The present disclosure provides a system and method for managing tire pressure for a trailer. A controller may be configured to manage communications between a vehicle and a trailer. A tire pressure management system module to be mounted on the trailer may be operatively connected to the controller by a tow connector. The tire pressure management system module may be configured to receive tire pressure information from at least one sensor operatively associated with at least one tire of the trailer, and transmit messages to the controller based on the tire pressure information, wherein the controller triggers a notification when at least one of the messages indicates a tire pressure that fails to meet a criteria.

System and method for managing tire pressure for a trailer

Systems and methods are described for monitoring a communicative connection with a trailer. Messages transmitted between a tire pressure management module of a trailer and a controller of a vehicle may be monitored. A notification may be triggered when the controller has not received a message from the tire pressure management module during at least a predetermined period of time.

System and method for monitoring a communicative connection with a trailer

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Gross Ile, MI, United States of America

Stavros Dionyssopoulos