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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2005
Xing Ping Lin, Orchard Lake, MI (US);
Xing Ping Lin, Orchard Lake, MI (US);
TRW Automotive U.S. LLC, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Societe de Technologie Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Abstract
A tire parameter sensing system () for a vehicle () comprises a vehicle-based unit () for receiving parameter signals. A tire-based unit () is associated with a tire () of the vehicle () and rotates with the tire (). The tire-based unit () is located in a communication zone () for communicating with the vehicle-based unit () through only a portion of each rotation of the tire (). The tire-based unit () is configured to sense a parameter of the tire () and to transmit a parameter signal () indicative thereof. The system () also comprises means () for monitoring the rotation of the tire and for providing rotation information indicative of the monitored tire rotation. The tire-based unit () is responsive to the rotation information for transmitting the parameter signal () while the tire-based unit () is located the communication zone ().