Communication system and method for communicating between a tire/wheel assembly and a vehicle body
First Claim
1. A communication system for communicating between a tire/wheel assembly and a vehicle body, comprising:
- a wheel-side communication device mounted on the tire/wheel assembly so as to rotate together with the tire/wheel assembly; and
a body-side communication device mounted in a fixed position to the vehicle body, wherein at least one of the wheel-side communication device and the body-side communication device transmits a signal to the other communication device at a transmission timing in accordance with a rotational position of the tire/wheel assembly.
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Abstract
A communication system for communicating between a tire/wheel assembly and a body of a vehicle of a construction in which the tire/wheel assembly is supported by the vehicle body, has a i) wheel-side communication device that is mounted to the tire/wheel assembly and rotates together with the tire/wheel assembly, and ii) a body-side communication device that is mounted in a fixed position to the vehicle body. The communication system performs communication between the wheel-side communication device and the body-side communication device according to a predetermined rotational position of the tire/wheel assembly.
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1. A communication system for communicating between a tire/wheel assembly and a vehicle body, comprising:
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a wheel-side communication device mounted on the tire/wheel assembly so as to rotate together with the tire/wheel assembly; and
a body-side communication device mounted in a fixed position to the vehicle body, wherein at least one of the wheel-side communication device and the body-side communication device transmits a signal to the other communication device at a transmission timing in accordance with a rotational position of the tire/wheel assembly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A communication method for communicating between a tire/wheel assembly and a vehicle body, comprising:
transmitting a signal from at least one of the wheel-side communication device mounted on the tire/wheel assembly so as to rotate together with the tire/wheel assembly and the body-side communication device mounted in a fixed position to the vehicle body to the other communication device at a transmission timing in accordance with a rotational position of the tire/wheel assembly. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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