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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carl E. Wacker, Waterford, WI (US);
Mona Ann Carver, Charlotte, NC (US);
Jeffrey A. Schultz, Pittsville, VA (US);
Scott Scarborough, Altavista, VA (US);
Assignee:
Schrader-Bridgeport International, Inc., Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 2/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 2/300 ;
Abstract
A tire monitor (,) for use in a remote tire monitor system (,) includes an accelerometer (,) for detecting acceleration of the tire monitor. Position information for the tire monitor is determined in response to the acceleration. In this manner, tire position information is determined automatically to allow the system to display tire characteristic data such as air pressure in conjunction with tire position.