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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
May. 14, 2002
Francis Delaporte, Osny, FR;
Johnson Controls Automotive Electronics, Osny, FR;
Abstract
The system for checking the pressure of the tires of the wheels ( ) of a vehicle includes individual wheel-checking devices, each with a pressure sensor and a transmitter ( ), a central unit ( ) with a common receiver ( ) and antenna means ( ), comprising individual receiving antennae ( ) associated respectively with the wheel locations ( ), working with the transmitters ( ), and the antenna circuits of the central unit ( ) additionally comprise a main antenna ( ) for monitoring all the pressure-checking devices ( ) and circuits ( ) for switching over the common receiver ( ) from the main monitoring antenna ( ) onto each of the individual acquisition antennae ( ).