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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2003
Masaaki Tabata, Chiryu, JP;
Kazuyoshi Wakabayashi, Kasugai, JP;
Atsushi Ogawa, Toyota, JP;
Takashi Doi, Toyota, JP;
Hideki Kusunoki, Kishikamo-gun, JP;
Masaaki Tabata, Chiryu, JP;
Kazuyoshi Wakabayashi, Kasugai, JP;
Atsushi Ogawa, Toyota, JP;
Takashi Doi, Toyota, JP;
Hideki Kusunoki, Kishikamo-gun, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle tire information obtaining apparatus for obtaining tire information relating to a mounted tire and a non-mounted tire of a vehicle. The apparatus includes: (a) tire state detectors which are provided in the respective tires and each of which detects a state of the corresponding tire; (b) transmitters which are provided in the respective tires and which transmit tire data sets, as the tire information, each containing at least one tire-state data element representative of the detected state of the corresponding tire; (c) a receiver which is provided in a body of the vehicle and which receives the tire data sets transmitted by the transmitters; and (d) a non-mounted-tire information separator which separates the tire data set transmitted from the non-mounted tire, from the tire data set transmitted from the mounted tire.