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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2002
David Paul Kaminski, Warren, MI (US);
Ranjan Kumar Ahluwalia, Novi, MI (US);
Thomas Michael McQuade, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A tire pressure monitoring system ( ) for a vehicle ( ) has a plurality of tires ( ) in respective rolling locations having a respective plurality of tire transmitters ( ) that generate a respective plurality of transmitter identification signals. A respective plurality of initiators ( ) are fixedly attached to the vehicle at a respective plurality of locations. A controller ( ) activates the plurality of initiators ( ) by generating a respective plurality of initiator signals from the plurality of initiators. The plurality of initiator signals has a first power level. The controller ( ) increases the first power level incrementally to a final power level until the controller receives a sensor signal from each of the plurality of tire transmitters.