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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2002
Frederick James Porter, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
John LeBeau Rust, Belleville, MI (US);
John Tenbusch, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Thomas Michael McQuade, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Thomas Lee Miller, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system ( ) and method is provided for calibrating a tire pressure monitoring system using an EM transmitter ( ). The present invention includes a first pressure sensor coupled to a wheel of an automotive vehicle ( ). The EM pressure transmitter ( ) is coupled to the pressure sensor ( ). The transmitter ( ) has a serial number associated therewith. An EM calibration device has a transmitting range. The EM transmitter device has an actuator. When the actuator is activated, a calibration signal ( ) is transmitted within the transmitting range. The calibration signal causes the EM pressure transmitter ( ) to transmit a serial number. A controller ( ) is EM coupled to the pressure transmitter. The controller ( ) receives the serial number and associates the serial number with a tire location of the vehicle.