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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2004
Applicants:
Atsushi Ogawa, Dusseldorf, DE;
Masahiro Yonetani, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Atsushi Ogawa, Dusseldorf, DE;
Masahiro Yonetani, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 23/00 (2006.01); B60C 23/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vehicle body communication device () transmits a request signal to both a wheel side sensor () that is provided in a valve () of a wheel (), and a tire side sensor () that is embedded in a tire tread (). When the wheel side sensor () and the tire side sensor () receive the request signal from the vehicle body communication device (), respective return signals are transmitted to the vehicle body communication device (). The respective transmission patterns are set to be different.