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Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 23, 2023
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Vivekanandh Elangovan, Canton, MI (US);

Keith Weston, Canton, MI (US);

John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);

Joshua Wheeler, Trenton, MI (US);

Sai Prasanth Velusamy, Canton, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 23/04 (2006.01); G01M 3/24 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 23/0486 (2013.01); G01M 3/24 (2013.01); G07C 5/006 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system communicatively coupled with a vehicle is disclosed. The system may include a detection unit configured to measure sound in proximity to a vehicle tire, and a processor communicatively coupled with the detection unit. The processor may be configured to obtain inputs from the detection unit, and identify a slow leakage in the vehicle tire based on the inputs. The processor may be further configured to output a notification responsive to a slow leakage identification. The system may be a part of the vehicle or may be part of a user device communicatively coupled to the vehicle.


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