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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
May. 11, 2005
Thomas M. Mcquade, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Thomas M. 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 (A-D) in respective rolling locations having a respective plurality of tire transmitters (A-D) that generate a respective plurality of transmitter identification signals. A respective plurality of initiators (A-D) are fixedly attached to the vehicle at a respective plurality of locations. The initiators may include orthogonal coils (). A controller () activates the plurality of initiators using the coils () and receives a plurality of respective sensor signals having respective tire identifications. The activations may occur with a duty cycle of less than about fifty percent.