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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2001
Rahul Dixit, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Timothy DeZorzi, South Lyon, MI (US);
TRW Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Abstract
A tire condition communication system ( ) for a vehicle ( ) that has a tire (e.g., A). A sensor (e.g., ), associated with the tire (e.g., A), senses at least one tire condition. A memory (e.g., ), associated with the tire (e.g., A), holds an identification. Transmitter components (e.g., and ), associated with the tire (e.g., A) and operatively connected to the sensor ( ) and the memory ( ), transmit a condition signal (e.g., A) that indicates the held identification and the sensed tire condition. A vehicle-based unit ( ) receives the transmitted condition signal (e.g., A) indicative of the held identification and the sensed tire condition. An identification provision unit (e.g., A), located on the vehicle ( ) adjacent to the tire (e.g., A) and having a location identification, transmits the location identification in response to a request. A communication portion (e.g., A) of the tire condition sensor unit (e.g., A) communicates a request to the identification provision unit (e.g., A) to transmit the location identification. The tire condition sensor unit (e.g., A) receives the requested location identification and updates the held identification.