TIRE PRESSURE SENSORY AND MONITORING METHOD

• US 20020014115A1
• Filed: 06/16/1999
• Published: 02/07/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pressurepro Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Advantages Enterprise Inc.
• Inventors: YOUNG, JORGE A., ZHOU, JOE HUAYUE, MITTAL, CHANDER P.
• Granted Patent: US 6,453,737 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 73/146
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0416 allocating a corresponding wheel position on vehicle, e.g. front/left or rear/right

Abstract

A tire pressure monitor method enables the reassignment of tire pressure sensors to respective tire locations on the vehicle in the event that the sensors are lost or replaced with new sensors having differing identification codes. A passenger compartment monitor, that normally monitor tire pressures through broadcast transmission from the sensors, is manually into a identification entry mode selecting a desired tire location, and when the vehicle begins travel, a motion switch in the new sensor detects vehicular motion and activates the transmission of the new identification code that is received by the monitor that then assigns the presently selected tire location to received identification code.

Claims

1. A method for reassigning a sensor module for sensing tire pressure of a respective tire in a tire pressure monitor system comprising a monitor panel, the method comprising the steps of,

displaying tire locations on the panel,

selecting one of the tire locations,

transmitting an identification code identifying the sensor module, and

assigning the identification code to the selected tire location.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of,

installing the sensors on a tire of a vehicle, the transmitting step is activated to transmit the identification code when the vehicle is in motion.

3. The method claim 1 wherein the identification code uniquely identifies the sensor module.

4. A method for reassigning a sensor module for sensing tire pressure of a respective tire in a tire pressure monitor system comprising a monitor panel, the method comprising the steps of,

displaying tire locations on the panel,

selecting one of the tire locations,

transmitting an identification code identifying the sensor module, when the vehicle is in motion, and

assigning the identification code to the selected tire location, the identification code uniquely identifies the sensor module among many possible identification codes.